churnalism
[ chur-nuh-liz-uhm ]
nounDisparaging.
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
1First 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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