Meanings
nounmedia circus (plural media circuses)
plural media circuses
- informaljournalismExcessive and sensationalistic reporting of a news event.
Translations
Danish mediecirkus
- mediecirkusmedia circus
German Medienzirkus, Medienhype
- Medienzirkusmedia circus
- Medienhypemedia circus
Polish szopka medialna
- szopka medialnamedia circus
Portuguese circo mediático
- circo mediáticomedia circus
Russian медиа-цирк, медийный цирк
- медиа-цирк (media-cirk)media circus
- медийный цирк (medijnyj cirk)media circus
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