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Pulp-journalism

Also known as "Pulp Journo". Can be abbreviated to "Pourno".

A post-modern literary genre, involving sub-standard, pseudo-journalistic articles, typically found on internet sites such as Yahoo's homepage.

The genre was created when random, non-researched and throw-away lifestyle articles, such as the example below, were posted in the same internet space as serious, often tragic, news stories. Here, the element of sensationalism normally found in pulp literature is often subdued in an attempt to feign scientific validity, though it can often be found in such instances as advising against shagging the milkam, as in the example below.

This uncanny juxtaposition of pseudo-scientific life-style articles and serious journalism led to the coining of the phrase "pulp-journalism" to indicate how these lifestyle articles were infiltrating a space normally reserved for serious writing.
A classic example of pulp-journalism would be Dan Juan's article '10 People you shouldn't ask out' which speak of not shagging the milkman, because you next lover will have to meet him every morning. Article originally posted on Yahoo's Homepage (25 October, 2010).

In one of the first recorded instances of the phrase ever used, a comment below the article, posted by "John" read:

"Wow, this article has just crystallised a new literary genre for me. I shall call it:

Pulp Journalism" (sic)
by stark_source October 26, 2010
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journaling

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Frequently used to describe the act of writing in an online, public journal (blog, livejournal, diaryland, etc).
I've been journaling for two years now.
by rieux November 29, 2003
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yellow journalism

Lies and/or propaganda which are passed off as legitimate journalism, though they favor one political party or viewpoint.
The NNN (Nazi News Network-another term for the Fox News Channel) believes that Michael Moore's work is yellow journalism.
by GuidoPosse69 February 22, 2005
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Journalistic Terrorism

The act of a reporter writing an explosive headline as a scare tactic in order to sell more copies.
"Radiation levels in Japan up 100,000 fold." is Journalistic Terrorism.

No base unit means no real information.

"Samples of tainted water in a flooded area of the Fukushima Daiichi facility showed readings 100,000 times more radioactive than normal."

What's normal?
by DJ Tommy Sparkles April 16, 2011
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vending machine journalism

Information gathered from non-traditional reporting sources such as blogs, Facebook, or Twitter postings and presented as bona fide news to support an organization's biased opinions.
"FOX news uses vending machine journalism in their constant attacks against Obama."
by pdobrinen October 17, 2009
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Journalism

The default career path for those on the shallower end of the gene pool.
Person A: “So what do you do for a living?”
Person B: “Oh, I do journalism.”
Person A: “Nice...”
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Yellow-Cross Journalism

Yellow-Cross journalism is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched medical-related news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism, restricted within the medical/health/scientific fields.
Headline: "Water Bottles Cause Cancer"

Explanation: A certain manufacturer of an isolated water bottle used a chemical which could possibly induce the growing of certain types of cancer cells.

Biology Undergraduate: "That's called yellow-cross journalism..."
by biologist_at_elite_college November 12, 2010
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