atrocity porn

Noun

atrocity porn (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) Media or news reporting which highlights extreme violence in a gratuitous or sensationalized manner.
   • One of the most memorable pieces of fake news during Russia's 2014 invasion of Ukraine was the "crucified boy of Slavyansk," a canard designed by Russian state-controlled media to whip Russians into a nationalist frenzy by the sheer enormity of the alleged crime. The gist of it was that Ukrainian...2022 February 2, Alexey Kovalev, “Russian State Media Aren't Preparing for War”, in Foreign Policy, Washington, D.C.: Foreign Policy LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2022