Media professionals who "spray" a bunch of repetitive misstatements, mistaken and misinterpreted news reports to cause excitement and confusion. They then figuratively "drive off" leaving the cleanup of their mess and hysteria to others, to correct and properly explain and interpret
drive-by media
Hyphenation
drive-by Me-di-a
Pronunciation
Etymology
() This term has been used by Rush Limbaugh during his national radio program to typically describe elements of the mainstream media as similar to drive-by shooters.