sensationalist

IPA: sɛnsˈeɪʃʌnʌɫɪst

Sensationalistic; tending to sensationalize; characterized by sensationalism (the use of exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention).

Examples of "sensationalist" in Sentences

It can only be described as sensationalist and disgusting.
He is frequently described as a sensationalist, but such a view is certainly incorrect.
WOLFFE: I think this is a media environment which is sensationalist, that is manufacturing a story.
Pawlenty only thrives on delivering "sensationalist" speeches to undereducated Minnesotans that know no better.
At best, these weeklies printed what one white author termed “items generally not of interest to whites” at worst, they were called sensationalist and hostile to whites.
And if Thomas's description seems sensationalist, that is hardly surprising, for the American did more than any other single person to turn Lawrence into a glittering multimedia global celebrity, a fable, a saint and a myth.
This subject matter could easily result in sensationalist drivel, but instead Lankford has crafted an exciting and thought-provoking story which examines the feasibility of such an event, as well as its moral and physical implications.
The screening of Club for a Fiver six months after the season ended jolted Sitton into sending a lengthy hand-written letter to the Leyton Orientear fanzine which, declaring an interest, I edited at the time, deriding a documentary "that at best can only be described as sensationalist and at worst totally inaccurate and unbalanced".