gutter press

noun

1. the section of the popular press that seeks sensationalism in its coverage

Example Sentences

“Maybe I’m incredibly naive but this is what I imagined 90s gutter press was like and most journalists had huge standards change since then.”

From Washington Post

Instead, it catalysed quite a cunning, self-justifying switcheroo from the gutter press: we had to hound the woman because the public demands it, the public is just so interested.

From The Guardian

The novel’s hero arises unexpectedly from the lowest depths of the gutter press, “an inconsequential girl, a nobody” who, “on the basis of pure courage,” changes the lives of Peruvians.

From New York Times

I would say, to anyone who believes that Gawker is just the gutter press, that those values are worth something even in the gutter.

From New York Times

As he faced the prospect of hanging, he became “skittish, excited”, but despite the urgings of the gutter press, who branded him a “half-formed monster”, the jury was merciful.

From Economist