lamestream

American  

[leym-streem] / ˈleɪmˌstrim /

adjective

1. noting or relating to traditional print and broadcast media, when regarded as lacking the fairness, creativity, etc., of independent online news sources.

2. noting or relating to a person or thing that has achieved mainstream popularity but is perceived as no longer original, creative, etc.

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noun

1. traditional print and broadcast media, when regarded as lacking fairness, creativity, etc..

   The lamestream has suppressed information about the suicides.

lamestream British  

/ ˈleɪmˌstriːm /

noun

1. informal

   1. the traditional media such as newspapers, television, and radio, considered by some people as old-fashioned and gullible when compared to online news sources such as blogs

   2. ( as modifier )

      the lamestream media

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Etymology

Origin of lamestream

2005–10; lame ¹ ( def. ) (in the sense “inadequate, unsatisfactory”) + (main)stream ( def. )

Example Sentences

Colin Jost even appeared to throw his “Weekend Update” co-star under the bus, saying, “I hate how the lamestream media — Michael Che — tries to spin it to make you look foolish.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024

Not that the entire output of Grantland was up my alley but I find the topics on The Ringer just dull especially the overemphasis on lamestream music.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2016

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, wary, stood with Sarah Palin, giddy, her hangups about the lamestream media momentarily gone in the presence of Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

Her appearance “technically makes you part of the lamestream media for that hour, I want you to know,” Mr. Lauer joked to Ms. Palin.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2012