yellow media
- noun
- /ˈjɛloʊ ˈmiːdiə/
- Literature
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prensa amarilla
- Many people believe that yellow media exaggerates stories to boost their ratings and sales.
Examples
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She criticized the yellow media for spreading rumors without evidence.
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Many people criticize yellow media for spreading false information.
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Politicians sometimes accuse the yellow media of distorting the facts for publicity.
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The rise of yellow media has changed how news is reported.
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Many people turned to sensational stories from yellow media instead of reputable sources for news about the election.
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The celebrity's personal life became fodder for yellow media, overshadowing her professional achievements.
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Critics argue that yellow media prioritizes scandal over truth, leading to a misinformed public.
Synonyms
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5.2
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
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Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
News outlets that give quick, shallow reports and often miss important facts
An insulting phrase for journalists seen as biased and working for powerful people
How Sensational
- Offensive
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Given the provided constituent meanings, 'yellow' denotes a sensationalist journalistic style and 'media' denotes outlets, so the compound meaning (media that sensationalize news) is directly compositional from the parts. This pattern (e.g., 'yellow press') exists in other languages and follows a transparent modifier + noun structure, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun yellow media may come from an old name, yellow journalism. One popular story says some newspapers used a comic character called the 'Yellow Kid' and then sold papers with bright pages and shocking stories to get attention. So yellow came to mean cheap, scandal-seeking news, and yellow media now means outlets that make stories bigger to get attention and make money.