newsmongering means sensationalistic, gossipy journalism. It carries an Arena rating of 1337, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, newsmongering ranks #717 of 12,620 for Funniest Words, #5,494 of 12,394 for The Improbable, #6,058 of 12,383 for Most Sublime Words, #8,199 of 12,611 for Scariest Words.
Why “newsmongering” is a great word
The trade in sensational or gossip-oriented reports, treating information as a commodity to be peddled. From news (reports of recent events) + monger (dealer, trader) + -ing (suffix forming nouns of action or result), literally meaning 'the dealing in news'. Unlike reportage, which implies a sober fidelity to fact, or rumormongering, which deals strictly in the unverified, newsmongering operates in the murkier bazaar where truth and titillation are bundled together for sale. It is the fevered headline screaming from the kiosk, the breathless pixelated chyron, the curated scandal that passes for the day's discourse—a commerce that feeds on our hunger to know, while starving us of substance.
Etymology
From news + monger + -ing.
noun
- sensationalistic, gossipy journalism“There is such a barrier also which divides honest reporting from cheap newsmongering.”