outrage porn
Meanings
noun
- Media that is written in order to provoke feelings of outrage and righteous indignation.
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Etymology
Coined by New York Times writer Tim Kreider to emphasize the way such writing panders to people's self-indulgent desire to feel outraged.
Synonyms
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