Media feeding frenzy
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Media feeding frenzy
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A media feeding frenzy is intense media coverage of a story of great interest to the public. The 1998 Clinton–Lewinsky scandal in the U.S. was a well-noted example of this. The metaphor, drawing an analogy with feeding frenzies of groups of animals, was popularized by Larry Sabato's book Feeding Frenzy: Attack Journalism and American Politics. Other examples include media coverage of "crime waves" that often drive changes in criminal law to address problems that do not appear in the National Cri
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Heightened media coverage of a story
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_feeding_frenzy
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2022-12-09T09:38:29Z
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