Sensationalism

A presentation of ideas that are used to get the public's attention, that might not necessarily be true. For example a sensationalist newspaper would be the Daily Mirror, as a lot of their stories are often quite exaggerated to seem more interesting for the readers of the specific paper.

This also links into hyperboles which are often extreme exaggerations, used to make a statement and to spike the publics attention.

An example of an hyperbolic statement: "I've told you the answer a thousand times!"

Here is a screenshot of an example I found in the news today on the Ok! gossip magazine website:

The fact that this story uses the word 'embraces' suggests that it is an exaggeration to make the readers think more of what the actual story is telling. Also this makes the story sound more engaging, although it is just an image of Kate Middleton's hair blowing back.

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