gutter press

1. 1.

   press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures)

   Broaderfree press

   United Kingdom

Questions about gutter press

What does gutter press mean?

gutter press means "press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures)".

Is gutter press a common word?

gutter press is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.