junk food news

Junk food news refers to news stories that sensationalize, personalize or homogenize relatively inconsequential trivia in the mass media. It is a sardonic phrase which has the same meaning as journalistic noise. Typically, "junk food news" can be said to fall into one or more of these categories:Brand name news (Stories about brand-name products, such as "New Coke")Sexual titillation (Celebrity pregnancies, unusual sexual affairs and crimes)'Yo-yo news' (statistics that change daily, such as stock market numbers and movie box office totals)Show business news (box office opening news)Latest craze news (brief fads)Celebrity news (celebrity gossip)Anniversary news (anniversary of a major event or celebrity death)Sports news (sports rumours and gossip)Political junk news
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