slow news day
Journalistic content drought
A slow news day is a day when little of significance happens, forcing news outlets to cover trivial or marginal stories.
The phrase often appears sarcastically when media attention seems misplaced: A celebrity's haircut made headlines—must be a slow news day.
It acknowledges that news is partly manufactured by the need to fill space.
Wearisome dullness
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- apathyAbsence of feeling
dullness · weariness · drag · languor · restlessness · disinterest · stagnation · fatigue
Regular sequence of actions
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
- trivialLacking significance or weight
insignificant · uneventful · humdrum · run-of-the-mill · garden-variety · typical · puff piece · human interest
tedium
Wearisome dullness
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
apathy · dullness · weariness · drag · languor · restlessness · disinterest · stagnation · fatigue · sameness
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
trivial · insignificant · uneventful · humdrum · run-of-the-mill · garden-variety · typical · puff piece · human interest · local interest
headline
News article title
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- reportingConveying documented information
newspaper · editorial · newsroom · bulletin · coverage · press · article · feature · anchor · correspondent
parody
Satirical imitation
lampoon · spoof · farce · The Onion · tongue-in-cheek · absurdist · satirical · deadpan · self-aware · breaking wind
- news medianewspaper, documentary, article, newscast, press photo
slow news daybreaking news
Newly unfolding events reported
wall-to-wall coverage · media circus · developing story · when it rains it pours
slow news daySeptember 11
2001 terrorist attacks date
watershed moment · day of reckoning · national emergency · D-Day · Pearl Harbor
slow, slows, slowed, slowing, slower, slowest, slowly, slowness, news