yellow press

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.

En-au-yellow press.ogg

yellow press yellow presses

From the comic feature "The Yellow Kid" in the Journal newspaper, first published in 1895.

tabloid gutter press

broadsheet newspaper of record

yellow journalism muckraking tabloidism

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