Someone who says inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic statements in a news broadcast or at least on television or radio broadcasts, with the primary intent of provoking listeners into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. This is done to distract from the actual issues and to get the News Troll's name repeated in other news forums or shows in order to remain relevant and to sell their books to their listening audience, the people who want to believe that the ridiculous things that News Trolls state are true .
News Trolls like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Shawn Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, or other supposed "news" media commentators that actually spread propaganda and misinformation campaigns instead of actual news stories for people that don't consider reality good enough for them and/or believe that critical thinking and facts are either "liberal biased", or "left wing". Anyone trying to instill fear, anger, or distract from the real issues of the day is a News Troll.
by Arizona Mildman September 9, 2013
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Get the troll pole mug.When a couple of boys hop in in a pickup and grab your shovels, queso cheese, unborn fetus, paint, and a few other things and troll spam.
by Trollspam2019 April 5, 2019
Get the Troll spamming mug.When you ask rhetorical questions as a form of pointless trolling. See also "passive aggressive libsplaining."
Chris Grimes, in order to be passive aggressive, asked questions to which he could easily have discovered the answers with a simple search because he is a libsplaining rhetoric troll.
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by Uncle Ruckus 480 July 8, 2012
Get the Hole Troll mug.Troll Mode refers to a setting in online chat rooms where the room moderator can pre-eliminate anyone who would try to type negative comments to deter from the chat topic. If Troll Mode is active, then users who are not regulars and try to type sexist, racist, or otherwise negative comments will automatically be timed out or have those comments removed immediately. Although some comments may be meant as a joke of sorts (like a prank) it actually distracts chatters and viewers of live streaming experiences. Troll Mode may help live broadcasters and chat room moderators purge those derpy or just plain stupid comments before they can actually add such to the room.
"After the first silly comment was seen, the chat room moderator turned on Troll Mode to prevent any more negative or off-topic comments from being added by those who are not regulars to the room."
by CommonSenseTeach March 15, 2015
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John: Did you hear about those AK47 £5 notes going on eBay for £80,000.
Joe: No one actually paid 80 grand for a £5 note, it was just bid trolls racking up the price for a laugh.
Joe: No one actually paid 80 grand for a £5 note, it was just bid trolls racking up the price for a laugh.
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