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gutter press

British  

noun

  1. the section of the popular press that seeks sensationalism in its coverage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Maybe I’m incredibly naive but this is what I imagined 90s gutter press was like and most journalists had huge standards change since then.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2022

The novel’s hero arises unexpectedly from the lowest depths of the gutter press, “an inconsequential girl, a nobody” who, “on the basis of pure courage,” changes the lives of Peruvians.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2018

I'm a member of the OTO – Ordo Templi Orientis – an occult order founded by British genius Aleister Crowley, who was maligned by the gutter press.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

When he tackles English gutter press write 'Brown envelops'.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2011

It seems only yesterday that these things would have been the ravings of a madman: today they are the commonplaces of the gutter press.

From Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress by Shaw, Bernard

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