Scandalmongering (Adjective)
Meaning
Typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The publication was criticized for its scandalmongering approach to the politician's private life, publishing intimate photos and invasive stories without any consideration for her family.
- Many believe the media's scandalmongering led to a media frenzy, inflaming public opinion against the embattled business executive.
- As with other sensational news outlets, their scandalmongering approach and methods came under intense scrutiny in recent months, including facing accusations of exploiting grieving families for higher ratings.
- He realized his small community paper wasn't like those major metropolitan papers he often encountered; that took on scandal with that truly "bad neighborly gossip of newspaper pages or broadcast waves: an urban syndicate kind known better known colloquially -"tabloids scandalmongering scandal-sports edition kind'.
- However many prominent scholars accused local new station broadcasters over national stories including it they labelled sensational of course such broadcasting at these specific tv show types especially using extremely damaging types from most US regions today it comes via newspapers publishing but stations tabloid broadcasts taking as even as higher worst journalistic as newspapers these radio so by in typical fact usually broadcast form actually said especially notorious then perhaps widely named especially commonly newspaper history used typically; history still knows what scandal media from.