To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation
sen·sa·tion·al·ize sensationalizes sensationalizing sensationalized in BRIT, also use sensationalise disapproval If someone sensationalizes a situation or event, they make it seem worse or more shocking than it really is. Local news organizations are being criticized for sensationalizing the story. to deliberately make something seem as strange, exciting, or shocking as possible - used in order to show disapproval
{f} make sensational, make exciting, make thrilling; emphasize and exaggerate the details of something (also sensationalise)