yellow press
- noun
- /ˈjɛloʊ prɛs/
- Literature
:
prensa amarilla
- The rise of the yellow press is often linked to a decline in journalistic integrity and accuracy.
- called the yellow press
Although that's very popular in the, in the, I guess the yellow press, I don't know what you call it.
- Although that's very popular in the, in the, I guess the yellow press, I don't know what you call it.
Examples
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"Objectivity" had become a professional and occupational norm in the newspapers of the early twentieth century, as American journalists and editors, reacting to the extravagances first of the penny press and then of the yellow press, had moved toward constraint.
Academic text (2017) -
Although that's very popular in the, in the, I guess the yellow press, I don't know what you call it.
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Fidel has also hit out at the "imperialist yellow press" for deceiving readers following the incident, but stated that people were becoming more distrustful of mainstream media reporting.
Blog text (11) -
The article in the yellow press exaggerated the celebrity's latest scandal to attract more readers.
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Many people criticize the yellow press for prioritizing sensational stories over factual reporting.
Synonyms
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5.2
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
1
8.1
Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
News outlets like some newspapers or TV shows that use gossip and scandal to attract attention
False news on websites made to look real to attract readers
How Sensational
- Literature
12
7.0
- Literature
188
3.7
- Literature
- Literature
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3.2
- Literature
241
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'sensationalized, scandal-driven journalism' is not transparently derived from the literal constituents 'yellow' (a colour) and 'press' (newspapers/journalists); the use of 'yellow' to signal sensationalism is a lexicalized, language-specific convention rather than a predictable compositional meaning. Even if some languages have cognate terms (e.g. 'prensa amarilla'), the association is idiomatic and not something a B1 learner would reliably infer from knowing the individual words.
Etymology
Yellow press comes from an old story about a comic called 'Yellow Kid' that ran in cheap newspapers printed in bright yellow, and press simply meant newspapers. Because those papers used loud, shocking stories to sell more copies, yellow press now means 'sensational journalism'.