Journaille
"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 canaille, meaning scum, scoundrel or rabble. The term was introduced by the Austrian writer Karl [Kraus (writer)|Karl Kraus] in an article in his journal Die Fackel in 1902. In a later article in the same journal, Kraus wrote that the original inventor of the term was the Austrian dramaturge Alfred [von Berger]. The pejorative term was much used by the German Nazi Party in their attacks on the press of the Weimar Republic. Unlike many other Glossary of [Nazi Germany|terms used by the Nazis], the word Journaille is still used in present-day Germany, and has also established itself in the political parlance of the Netherlands and Flanders.