yellow
- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊ/
- Literature
- It's a little-known masterpiece of yellow journalism modestly entitled Deadly Deceit: Low Level Radiation, High Level Coverup.
- yellow journalism
- a yellow newspaper
- yellow press
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- And the rest of it was a basically mud smearing yellow journalism from The Intercept not long before Glenn Greenwald left in protest himself.
Examples
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Many believe that yellow journalism undermines trust in the media by prioritizing scandal over truth.
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The article was criticized for its yellow journalism, focusing only on sensational details rather than facts.
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What kind of muckraking yellow journalist are you?!
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No, it's those damn yellow journalists that's the trouble.
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I'll be able to find out what's really going on in the world... not have to read about it in the yellow press like most people.
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For example, when she was eighty-five years old, the New York World newspaper launched a "yellow journalism" attack, which ultimately led to a legal trial.
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Yellow journalism, that's what it is.
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Talk about yellow journalism.
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And the rest of it was a basically mud smearing yellow journalism from The Intercept not long before Glenn Greenwald left in protest himself.
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During the trial, several outlets resorted to yellow journalism, reporting exaggerated claims and personal details.
Synonyms
Presenting news to make people excited, often ignoring the facts
Writing or media that looks for scandals to attract readers
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To start a journey into the unknown that brings adventure and personal change
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious disease spread by mosquitoes that makes the skin turn yellow
- Jargon
An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person
The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud
- Literature
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
- US
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Specialized
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
- Literature
A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass
A large woodpecker with yellow feathers under its wings and tail and a red patch on its neck
- Literature
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
A climbing evergreen plant that has sweet yellow funnel-shaped flowers and poisonous parts
- Specialized
A night-active wading bird with a yellow crown found in North America
A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed
- US
A tall evergreen tree from the Pacific coast of North America often grown in gardens and liked for its wood
- US
A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves
How Sensational
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yellow in the phrase yellow journalism comes from a famous cartoon called the 'Yellow Kid' that appeared in cheap, attention-seeking papers, so 'yellow' here means sensational or low-quality news.