Etymology

pink-slime journalism

Today it means: The mass publication of poor-quality news reports (computer-generated or written by poorly-paid outsourced writers) across a network of ostensibly local news outlets. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by journalist Ryan Smith in 2012.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.