gonzo journalism

English

Noun

gonzo journalism (uncountable)

1. A form of journalism in which facts are deemed to be less important than the writer's perception of the underlying truth (especially where deliberately altered consciousness is involved).
   • 1985 August 24, Michael Bronski, “Titles of Interest from the Mainstream Press”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 11:

     Both Carey Schofield's Jagger and Chet Flippo's On the Road with the Rolling Stones: Twenty Years of Lipstick, Handcuffs and Chemicals are glib, gonzo journalism about the world's favorite musical sex purveyors.

   • 2021, Peter Oborne, The Assault on Truth, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 60:

     It was Boris Johnson who possesses the confidence and creative genius to inject gonzo journalism into mainstream British political reporting.