sensationalizers
Those hyping stories
Sensationalizers are people or outlets that make things seem more exciting, shocking, or dramatic than they really are.
The term typically criticizes media figures, publications, or commentators who exaggerate stories for attention: Critics called the tabloids sensationalizers who distorted the facts.
The singular sensationalizer appears less often than the plural.
Those craving notice
- drama queensPeople who exaggerate reactions
- provocateursThose who incite discord
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
- rabble-rousersThose inciting public disorder
alarmists · gossips · exaggerators · embellishers · showboats · grandstanders · instigators · troublemakers
Sensational gossip newspapers
- clickbaitSensationalized content for traffic
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
- yellow pressSensationalist news publications
- scandal sheetsSensationalist gossip publications
paparazzi · exposés · breaking news · scoops · gossip columns · media circus · shock value · exaggeration
People making online media
- influencersPeople with online sway
- broadcastersThose who transmit programming
- punditsExpert commentators on affairs
- commentatorsThose who analyze publicly
entertainment news · vloggers · streamers · talk show hosts · YouTubers · conspiracy theorists · televangelists · propagandists
attention-seekers
Those craving notice
- drama queensPeople who exaggerate reactions
- provocateursThose who incite discord
- agitatorsThose who incite disturbance
rabble-rousers · alarmists · gossips · exaggerators · embellishers · showboats · grandstanders · instigators · troublemakers · controversialists
tabloids
Sensational gossip newspapers
- clickbaitSensationalized content for traffic
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
- yellow pressSensationalist news publications
scandal sheets · paparazzi · exposés · breaking news · scoops · gossip columns · media circus · shock value · exaggeration · hyperbole
content creators
People making online media
- influencersPeople with online sway
- broadcastersThose who transmit programming
- punditsExpert commentators on affairs
commentators · entertainment news · vloggers · streamers · talk show hosts · YouTubers · conspiracy theorists · televangelists · propagandists · demagogues
sensationalizersfact-checkers
Those who confirm accuracy
investigative journalists · documentarians · truth-tellers · chroniclers · historians
sensationalizersunderstaters
Those who minimize significance
minimizers · downplayers · sobersides · stoics · monotones
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