sensationalism

IPA: sɛnsˈeɪʃʌnʌɫɪzʌm

The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.
(philosophy) A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.

Examples of "sensationalism" in Sentences

This fixation our society has on rumor and sensationalism is childish.
The press seems more interested in sensationalism than in serious reporting.
I guess the temptation to succumb to the sensationalism is just too much for CNN to resist.
"I'm trying to keep the content of this report out of the hearing because we are going down what I call the sensationalism road," Perry said.
The Saudi justice ministry says the system has ensured a right to object to the ruling without resorting to what it describes as sensationalism through the media.
I am sorry, Mr. Goldsmith, Civil War was a gratuitous exercise in sensationalism, trying to take silly ideas like Superhero Blockbuster (it is formatted very much like a Bay movie), applying a demagoguery hamfisted, hollywood-liberal demagoguery to it.