sensationalist
/sɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nəlɪst
/noun
A person who presents stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy: sensationalists got their kicks out of misreporting the murder...
- It seems to me that his lead sentence is the mark of a clear sensationalist.
- He is a tough reporter, not a sensationalist.
- Perhaps if the sensationalists looked at the effects of tobacco and alcohol on the populace, they would find more serious causes to champion.
adjective
Presenting stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy: sensationalist reporting of the latest alleged cancer cures sensationalist media campaigns...
- There is the obvious concern of turning the victim's story into a sensationalist work.
- He employed a sensationalist rhetorical style to spice up the stories of his adolescent witches.
- There has been a recent flurry of sensationalist warnings about the threat of exotic species.
Derivatives
sensationalistic
- She was not the first to be duped by sensationalistic stories about drugs.
- This is neither a sensationalistic sideshow nor a sappy depiction of the disabled.
- Crime coverage, especially on the local TV news, is invariably sensationalistic.