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frowny-face journalism

A subset of the more general human interest story, frowny-face journalism takes some boring, abstract, impersonal policy change or social problem, takes a big photo of some sad children whose playcentre is closing, an old couple who are being forced out of their subsidised housing or, in this case, a recently unemployed man losing his home(s). This way, readers automatically know what to think about the story - generally 'awwwww'.
"Did you read that article about the sad children whose playcentre was bulldozed down and replaced with a right-wing lobby group headquarters?"

"Was it Frowny-face journalism"

"it made me go awwww"
by NZ Nanny July 23, 2009
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journamalism

An attempt to report the news marred with shoddy research, fact suppression, or a mere retyping of the press release/talking points.
David Gregory's recent acts of journamalism show the print and television media are nothing more than Bush administration parrots.
by stogoe January 13, 2007
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they tend to be very humble and not realize that they have will someday have all they have ever wanted.

they never give up and are in for the long hual.
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Journee

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The Great Journey

The act of running across the dark hallway to your parents room when you were a kid. Sprinting is used when the kid is crossing the darkest part of the hallway.
Little kid: (runs to parents room while making ally of noise)

big brother: That little shit woke me up, he must be doing the great journey. I'll fucking scare him next time
by Hempn February 27, 2010
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delusion-du-jour

Is the current or popular action or belief of an individual or group that is self-delusional or in denial.
An individual's personal ideation of an incorrect concept for today.
Something you are fooling yourself about right now.
An incorrect belief that is on the menu for today.
Sarah's latest boyfriend is her new delusion-du-jour, she is in denial of all of his faults.
by Reddeb February 20, 2011
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journalist

An individual who lazily aggregates related social commentary under the guise of reporting news.
This journalist has copied the Twitter trending feed.
by Random Netizen May 18, 2018
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