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feed·ing frenzy
(fē′dĭng)Feeding Frenzy book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Book by Larry J. Brilliant survey of the history and institutional problems of the modern press/political coverage. Sabato traces the rise of watchdog journalism as it became junkdog/wolfpack journalism.
- Aug 10, 2016 Sabato Discusses 25 Years of Political ‘Feeding Frenzies’ In the book, the University of Virginia politics professor and director of the Center for Politics described a growing media trend in which a critical mass of journalists cover an embarrassing or scandalous event with the intensity and abandon of piranhas attacking cornered prey.
- Jan 29, 2007 Feeding Frenzy for a Big Story, Even if It’s False.Obama article followed a series of inaccurate or hard-to-verify articles on Insight and its predecessor magazine about politics, the Iraq.
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1. A period of intense or excited feeding, as by sharks.
2. Excited activity by a group, especially around a focal point: 'The media swirled and boiled around the newlyweds in a kind of all-out feeding frenzy'(James Kaplan).
feeding frenzy
n1. (Biology) a phenomenon in which aquatic predators, esp sharks, become so excited when eating that they attack each other
2. a period of intense excitement over or interest in a person or thing: the media erupt into a feeding frenzy.
feed′ing fren`zy
n.
Slang. a ruthless attack on or exploitation of someone esp. by the media.
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