Media circus
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title:
Media circus
text:
Media circus is a colloquial metaphor, or idiom, describing a news event for which the level of media coverage—measured by such factors as the number of reporters at the scene and the amount of material broadcast or published—is perceived to be excessive or out of proportion to the event being covered. Coverage that is sensationalistic can add to the perception the event is the subject of a media circus. The term is meant to critique the coverage of the event by comparing it to the spectacle and
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description:
Phrase describing excessive media coverage
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_circus
date created:
2003-06-22T03:28:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T06:10:56Z
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