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"Gotcha journalism" is a pejorative term used by media critics to describe interviewing methods that appear designed to entrap interviewees into making statements that are damaging or discreditable to their cause, character, integrity, or reputation.[1] The term is rooted in an assertion that the interviewer may be supporting a hidden agenda, and aims to make film or sound recordings of the interviewee which may be selectively edited, compiled, and broadcast or published in order to intentionally show the subject in an unfavorable light.[2]
The term derives from the word gotcha, a contracted form of "got you", and emerged in political journalism during the 1980s and 1990s.[3]
- ^ Peter H. Russell (2008). Two Cheers for Minority Government: The Evolution of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy. p. 167.
- ^ "Be A Freelance Writer". Surayud Chulanont. Global Media. ISBN 81-89940-33-3, ISBN 978-81-89940-33-1
- ^ "Gotcha! Can't Politicians Handle Tough Questions?". NPR.