junk food news
English
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Etymology
[edit]First used in print by Carl Jensen in the March 1983 edition of Penthouse.
Noun
[edit]- (derogatory) News stories consisting of sensationalized trivia rather than serious and responsible journalism.
- Synonym: junk news
- Hypernym: news (sometimes construed as coordinate)
- Coordinate terms: fake news; muckraking; brain candy; brain rot