churnalism

[ chur-nuh-liz-uhm ]

nounDisparaging.
  1. a form of journalism that is characterized by a lack of original research and fact-checking and by reuse of existing material such as press releases: The website's fast-paced churnalism meant that most of its stories copied heavily from other sources.

Origin of churnalism

1
First recorded in 2004, attributed to BBC journalist Waseem Zakir (born 1985) in Journalism Principles and Practices;churn + (journ)alism

Other words from churnalism

  • churn·al·ist, noun

Words Nearby churnalism

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