lamestream

[ leym-streem ]

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.

noun

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

   The lamestream has suppressed information about the suicides.

lamestream

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamestream¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamestream¹

C21: from lame ¹(sense 5) + mainstream

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

What a turnaround, right after the lamestream media kept claiming that Trump was in the tank!

From Slate

“I say up front, openly, and proudly that when I WIN the presidency of the United States, they and others of the LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events,” he said.

From Washington Times

“I say up front, openly, and proudly, that when I WIN the Presidency of the United States, they and others of the LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events,” Trump said in the post.

From Seattle Times

“I say up front, openly, and proudly that when I WIN the presidency of the United States, they and others of the LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events,” he said.

From Washington Times