Media circus, media hype, orgy, and feeding frenzy describes a news event where the media coverage is perceived to be out of proportion to the event being covered, such as the number of reporters at the scene, the amount of news media published or broadcast, and the level of media . The term is meant to critique the media by comparing it to a circus and, as such, is an idiom and not an objective observation
disapproval If an event is described as a media circus, a large group of people from the media is there to report on it and take photographs. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus