A media feeding frenzy is intense media coverage of a story of great interest to the public.
The O. J. Simpson trial in the U.S. was a well-noted example.
The metaphor, drawing an analogy with feeding frenzies of groups of animals, was popularized by Larry Sabato's book Feeding Frenzy.
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