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
And the rest of it was a basically mud smearing yellow journalism from The Intercept not long before Glenn Greenwald left in protest himself.
- 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.
Academic text (2014) -
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
- Literature
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud
A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
- Specialized
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
- US
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Jargon
An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person
- Literature
A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
- Specialized
A sticky plant with hanging yellow flowers that grows in dry places in the southwestern United States
A small wild flower that has soft hairy leaves and yellow petals with purple veins
- Specialized
A North American wild flower with greenish-yellow pouch-shaped flowers and purple marks
- Irish
A clover with yellow flowers that grows in Ireland and is often seen as the real shamrock
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow
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A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow
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A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small
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A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Australian
A tall Australian plant with yellow flowers that comes back each year
A large pine tree with short needles in groups of two or three and reddish brown bark when fully grown
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
A plant that lives many years with yellow flowers that smell nice and leafy stems
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass
- Specialized
A small North American spring flower with one yellow spotted blossom
- Specialized
A small shrub with yellow daisy-like flowers that grows in dry Mediterranean areas
- UK
A low-growing plant with yellow flowers that have red dots and smell faintly of pine
- Specialized
Tissue inside the hollow part of long bones in adults that stores fat
A common plant that lives for many years with small yellow flowers and sticky stems
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.