Journaille

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"{{lang|de|Journaille}}" is a German pejorative term used to refer to tabloid journalism and the yellow press. The term is a neologism from the early 20th century, formed from the word journalism and the French word {{Lang|fr|canaille}}, meaning scum, scoundrel or rabble. The term was introduced by the Austrian writer Karl Kraus in an article in his journal Die Fackel in 1902.Karl Kraus: "Die Journaille." Die Fackel 3 (1902), issue 99, pp. 1–9 In a later article in the same journal, Kraus wrote that the original inventor of the term was the Austrian dramaturge Alfred von Berger.Karl Kraus: Der Freiherr. In: Die Fackel 12 (1910), issue 311, pp. 1–13, ([http://www.textlog.de/39059.html online at textlog.de]). Reprinted in Literatur und Lüge, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / M. 1987, pp. 149–160. This etymology is confirmed by Adolf Josef Storfer in "Kanaille.", Wörter und ihre Schicksale. Atlantis, Berlin / Zürich 1935, p. 204 f. The pejorative term was much used by the German Nazi Party in their attacks on the press of the Weimar Republic.Cornelia Schmitz-Berning: [https://books.google.com/books?id=d5r7Vrz3UgIC&pg=PA326 Journaille.] Vokabular des Nationalsozialismus, p. 326 f. Unlike many other terms used by the Nazis, the word {{lang|de|Journaille}} is still used in present-day Germany, and has also established itself in the political parlance of the Netherlands and Flanders.[http://anw.inl.nl/article/journaille "Journaille".] [http://multimedia.ids-mannheim.de/mediawiki/web/index.php/Dictionary_Projects#Algemeen_Nederlands_Woordenboek Allgemeen Nederlands Woordenboek], hrsg. von [http://www.taalportaal.org/people.html#tiberius-bio Carole Tiberus]; Marc De Coster: [http://www.fryske-akademy.nl/fileadmin/Afbeeldingen/Hoofdpagina/pdf_files/journaille.pdf "Het Journaille."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201142/http://www.fryske-akademy.nl/fileadmin/Afbeeldingen/Hoofdpagina/pdf_files/journaille.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }} Fryske-Akademy.nl