Medialoid

Def: me·dia·loid (ˈmē dē əˌloid) — the infiltration of tabloid journalism into traditional media sources, including the proliferation of sensationalism, triviality and disregard for privacy, with particular emphasis on news coverage of the sports and entertainment industries, and increasingly reliant for content on gossip, barely credible sources, an appeal to emotion, and the use of checkbook journalism.