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{{italic title}}”” is a German pejorative term used to refer to tabloid journalism and the yellow press. The term is a neologism from the early 20th century, formed from the word journalism and the French word , meaning scum, scoundrel or rabble. The term was introduced by the Austrian writer Karl Kraus in an article in his journal Die Fackel in 1902.Karl Kraus: “Die Journaille.” Die Fackel 3 (1902), issue 99, pp. 1–9 In a later article in the same journal, Kraus wrote that the original inventor of the term was the Austrian dramaturge Alfred von Berger.Karl Kraus: Der Freiherr. In: Die Fackel 12 (1910), issue 311, pp. 1–13, (online at textlog.de). Reprinted in Literatur und Lüge, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / M. 1987, pp. 149–160. This etymology is confirmed by Adolf Josef Storfer in “Kanaille.”, Wörter und ihre Schicksale. Atlantis, Berlin / Zürich 1935, p. 204 f. The pejorative term was much used by the German Nazi Party in their attacks on the press of the Weimar Republic.Cornelia Schmitz-Berning: Journaille. Vokabular des Nationalsozialismus, p. 326 f. Unlike many other terms used by the Nazis, the word is still used in present-day Germany, and has also established itself in the political parlance of the Netherlands and Flanders.“Journaille”. Allgemeen Nederlands Woordenboek, hrsg. von Carole Tiberus; Marc De Coster: “Het Journaille.” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201142www.fryske-akademy.nl/fileadmin/Afbeeldingen/Hoofdpagina/pdf_files/journaille.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }} Fryske-Akademy.nl

See also

• Lying press
• Fake news

Notes

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Bibliography

• Adolf Josef Storfer: “Kanaille.” In: Wörter und ihre Schicksale. Atlantis, Berlin / Zürich 1935
• Cornelia Schmitz-Berning: “Journaille.” In: Vokabular des Nationalsozialismus. 2., expanded and updated edition [1998]. De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-11-019549-1}}

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