Definition of "scandalmongering" []

• The spreading of salacious gossip. (noun)

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• "One of the fears that I often hear from people when talking about the growing power of social network sites, blogs, as well as micro-journalism and micro-comment platforms is the one of scandalmongering, or a tsunami of mistruths and reputational attacks that take down some high profile person."
• "Myself, I'd be glad to see Hillary go down but not because of what the GOP would like to do to her (Clinton witchhunts and faux scandalmongering redux)."
• "With Gingrich now officially on the political scene, it's guaranteed that from the bully pulpit of the ever-obliging media we will be subjected to a 2 year steady stream of scandalmongering - a strategy he has employed since '73 to advance himself and his party."