gonzo journalism

English

Noun

gonzo journalism (uncountable)

  1. A form of journalism in which facts are deemed to be less important than the writer's perception of the underlying truth (especially where deliberately altered consciousness is involved).
    • 1985 August 24, Michael Bronski, “Titles of Interest from the Mainstream Press”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 11:
      Both Carey Schofield's Jagger and Chet Flippo's On the Road with the Rolling Stones: Twenty Years of Lipstick, Handcuffs and Chemicals are glib, gonzo journalism about the world's favorite musical sex purveyors.
    • 2021, Peter Oborne, The Assault on Truth, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 60:
      It was Boris Johnson who possesses the confidence and creative genius to inject gonzo journalism into mainstream British political reporting.
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