sensationalistic

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The “FDA is the only institution in America that can stop this sensationalistic agenda, which is not based on facts and science.“

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

The series premiered in 1991 and aired for 27 seasons and nearly 5,000 episodes, exerting an irresistible hold on millions of Americans even as critics dismissed it as exploitative and sensationalistic.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

“The big publications used to only cover crypto in a sensationalistic way, when it was booming or crashing, and now they’re finally building out crypto coverage arms,” he mentioned.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2023

And while Musk is now well-known for sensationalistic ribble-rabble, his anti-union rhetoric is not just bluster.

From Salon • May 21, 2022

Of course, not all empiricism prior to Hume and Kant was sensationalistic, pulverizing "experience" into isolated sensory qualities or simple ideas.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.