Term coined by author Nick Davies to describe
poor practices of modern
day journalists who "churn" or recycle news stories off the wire or
internet without appropriate critical investigation.
Where once journalists were seen travelling out and about in the search for facts, a large majority are now, literally, chained to their desks waiting for the
next major scoop; eager to be the first to report on the topic and thus draw
traffic to their
news sites... this is churnalism.