telehost

a television personality who seemingly performs the duties of a journalist but whose "interviews" involve condescending political attacks on non-Western leaders, and "serious" sit-downs with famous vacant personalities such as Britney Spears. A telehost is generally unintelligent, uninformed, has an agenda (instead of being impartial as a journalist should be), uses journalism as a means toward fame and fortune, and has no detectable journalistic integrity.

"Let's get the obvious out of the way on this one: Diane Sawyer is a low-grade telehost who has the intelligence of a doormat... -- excerpt from The Saccharinist entry "Round 2: Ahmadinejad vs. Sawyer"

Examples include Diane Sawyer, Christiane Amanpour, Bill O'Reilly, and well, most of the idiots on American news channels.

by Saccharinist December 14, 2008

telecost

An abbreviated term for telephone costing or telephone reporting. The term identifies the method of collecting CDR (call detail records) and processing them using call accounting software.

Telecost is a solution for telephone call accounting.

by RSI October 4, 2006

Telehistory

The distorted narrative of past events as presented by TV documentaries, where sensationalism often trumps accuracy, leaving viewers with a skewed version of historical facts.

While binge-watching a historical series, I couldn't help but wonder if I was absorbing genuine history or merely succumbing to the allure of telehistory.

by Martymcfly200 December 13, 2023