negative press
Unfavorable media coverage
Negative press is unfavorable media coverage—news stories, articles, or reports that cast a person, company, or organization in a bad light.
The phrase treats press as a collective noun for journalism: The scandal generated weeks of negative press.
Often shortened to bad press.
The opposite is positive press or good press.
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- media frenzyIntense journalistic attention surge
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- criticismJudgment of faults
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
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- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
- smear tacticssmear, smear campaign, mudslinging, attack ads, hit piece
- defamationslander, libel, defamation, defamatory statement, defaming
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