the gutter press

the gutter press

Tabloids—newspapers or magazines that focus on sensationalized or scandalous stories—or those who write for them. Of course, the gutter press took the story of our divorce and twisted into a completely exaggerated scandal piece. I've been harassed by the gutter press for weeks about my involvement with the company.
See also: gutter, press
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the ˌgutter ˈpress

(disapproving) popular newspapers which print a lot of shocking stories about people’s private lives rather than serious news: Somebody must control the gutter press in this country.
The gutter is sometimes used to refer to bad social conditions or low moral standards.
See also: gutter, press
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • rag
  • screamer
  • whenever
  • fixer
  • take the lid off
  • take the lid off (of) (something)
  • scandal sheet
  • what happens in (some place) stays in (that place)
  • the tea is piping hot
References in classic literature
And Frieda Mosebach was stopping with them for another fortnight, and Frieda was sharp, abominably sharp, and quite capable of remarking, "You love one of the young gentlemen opposite, yes?" The remark would be untrue, but of the kind which, if stated often enough, may become true; just as the remark, "England and Germany are bound to fight," renders war a little more likely each time that it is made, and is therefore made the more readily by the gutter press of either nation.
"The gutter press might hint around at things, but they'll be careful what they actually say about it."
PAKISTAN'S woeful 89-run defeat to arch-rivals India in the ICC World Cup last Sunday has generated a frenzied, preposterously harsh campaign by the media, especially the gutter press, against the national cricket team.
'The budget we approved at the Cabinet was Sh15 million and not the Sh48 million in the gutter press and was partly funded by Ugandan government," he said.
The landlord of a Cartmel pub told a reporter who was sniffing around: "We don't want the gutter press in here." Smith may find (indeed, has found already) that Australians will be less tolerant of his recklessness.
These voters defied the tsunami of abuse hurled at Corbyn by the gutter press, the "quality" press, BBC, ITV, satellite TV, and radio, to vote for what they perceive as socialism.
The offshore tax dodgers running the gutter press might not want you to hear it, but Labour have a message of hope, for the North East and the whole country.
I am not an "enemy of the people" (fascist overtones there) as the gutter press puts it.
Despite boasting both financial and "moral" support from big business and the gutter press alike, in addition to dishonest tactics by the party's Orwellian "compliance unit", Jeremy Corbyn increased his mandate to 61.8% and his preferred rival Owen Smith has ostensibly almost disappeared from the public eye.
The gutter press can stoop exceedingly low, but I cannot see them bestowing such an unkind monicker on the Barnes Wallace-breasted Miss Lloyd.
Drip by poisonous drip the gutter press fed the public an image of Ed Miliband as a buffoon.
Young people are continually demonised by the likes of John March who echo the bile of the gutter press and the government.
Besides, it'll go out tomorrow in the Washington Post, we cannot say that it is the gutter press, [reporting on an] alleged affair between President Barack Obama and Beyonce.
In the "old days", the gutter press vomited out the lowest common denominator of gossip and venal fantasy and was largely disregarded.
Soderbergh's film traces the men's relationship from a fortuitous first meeting in 1977 to Liberace's death bed in 1987, when the entertainer attempted to keep his HIV status secret from fans and the gutter press.