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Collins English-English Dictionary
- yellow journalism
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the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers
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[Etymology]
C19: perhaps shortened from the phrase Yellow Kid journalism, referring to the Yellow Kid, a cartoon (1895) in the New York World, a newspaper having a reputation for sensationalism
Examples
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黄色新闻
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yellow journalism
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