junk food news

English

Etymology

First used in print by Carl Jensen in the March 1983 edition of Penthouse.

Noun

junk food news (uncountable)

  1. (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
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