beat-up
beat-up · beat-ups
An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the mediaAn artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, New Zealand)An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.
2009, Michael Cook, 'Is Britain’s stem cell crisis a beat-up?', BioEdge Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research.
Origin
Deverbal from beat up.Deverbal from beat up.
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