ambush journalism
nounDefinitions
A tactic used by a news reporter who intercepts an uncooperative individual in an…
A tactic used by a news reporter who intercepts an uncooperative individual in an unexpected place, such as a sidewalk or parking lot, in order to pose questions to that individual and elicit spur-of-the-moment responses.
- Television entrapment isn't new: the "Dateline" segments echo Mike Wallace's hidden-camera ambushes on "60 Minutes" in the 70's. . . . But the program's success seems to be inspiring others to try their own brand of ambush journalism.
- Weir's quarry, Kevin Trudeau, complained about "ambush journalism" when the correspondent stopped him on a Zurich street.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ambush journalism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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