Listicle (list + article)
A "listicle" (list + article) is an article with a list structure, as in "The Top Ten Barbecue Restaurants." The term "listicle" has been cited in print since at least…
Lobster Shift (Lobster Trick)
The "lobster shift" (or "lobster trick") was the early morning shift on a New York City newspaper, usually from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. These "lobster" positions were often…
Lobster Trick (Lobster Shift)
The "lobster shift" (or "lobster trick") was the early morning shift on a New York City newspaper, usually from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. These "lobster" positions were often…
Lying Mainstream Media (LMSM)
American journalist Robert Parry wrote "LMSM, the 'Lying Mainstream Media'" for the Washington (DC) Post in June 2005. Parry believed that the mainstream media (MSM) had…
Main Sewer Media or Mainsewer Media (MSM)
"Mainsewer media" (or "main sewer media") is a term for the "mainstream media" (MSM) that has become a figurative "sewer" instead of a "stream."…
Main Street Media (MSM)
The "mainstream media" (MSM) refers to the popular media -- a city's local newspapers, television stations, radio stations, and the national media counterparts. Conservative radio…
Mainly Socialist Media (Main Stream Media or MSM nickname)
"Mainly Socialist Media" (MSM) is an unflattering nickname that some have applied to the "mainstream media" (MSM). "Mainly Socialist Media" (cited in print since at…
Mainsewer Media or Main Sewer Media (MSM)
"Mainsewer media" (or "main sewer media") is a term for the "mainstream media" (MSM) that has become a figurative "sewer" instead of a "stream."…
Mainstream Media (MSM)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Mass mediaMass media denotes a section of the media specifically designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. The term was…
Make-Believe Media (MBM)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Confederate YankeeNovember 16, 2007Getting it Wrong... AgainYou've got to love our intrepid media covering the war in Iraq. Even eye-to-eye with their subjects they…
Media Doesn’t Matter (Media Matters nickname)
Media Matters for America is a progressive media organization that monitors the conservative media, such as Fox News and talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Some critics of Media Matters have called it…
Media Mutters (Media Matters nickname)
Media Matters for America is a progressive media organization that monitors the conservative media, such as Fox News and talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Media Matters was organized in 2004 as a…
Mediacracy (media + -cracy); Mediaocracy (media + -ocracy)
The term "mediacracy" (media + -cracy), meaning the rule of media, was coined in the book title Mediacracy: American Parties and Politics in the Communications Age (1975) by Kevin…
Mediacrat (media + -crat)
A "mediacrat" is a member of the media who decides the information that the public will consume. "Mediacrat" has been cited in print since at least 1974. The term…
Mediot (media + idiot)
"Mediot" (media + idiot) is a term used by those who don't like the media. The term dates to at least 1988, when Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Bell refused to talk to the media…
MeinSpace (Parler nickname)
Parler is an American social networking service. Some critics of Parler have called it "MeinSpace" (a pun on the American social networking service "MySpace," with…
MFM (MSM nickname)
"MFM" (Motherfucking Media) is a derogatory nickname for MSM (Mainstream Media). "MFM" was first used on the conservative blog Ace of Spades HQ on April 26-27, 2010. Ace of…
Mockingbird Media
Operation Mockingbird began in the 1950s as a secret Central Intelligence Agency effort to propagandize both foreign and domestic media. A 1970s Congressional investigation revealed that Operation…
Morntelly (New York Morning Telegraph nickname)
The New York (NY) Morning Telegraph was a leading entertainment and horse racing daily newspaper in the United States, and it published from 1897 to 1972. It was called the 'Morntelly" by…
Most Effective Devil In America (“media” backronym)
"Most Effective Devil In America" is a backronym (back acronym) of the word "media" that has been printed on many images. "M.E.D.I.A- Most Effective Devil In America"…