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{{short description|Phrase describing excessive media coverage}}
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[[File:Newark-prudential-terrorist-threat-media-2004.jpg|thumb|News media satellite up-link trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the [[Prudential Headquarters|Prudential Financial headquarters]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]], in August 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in [[New York City]].]]

'''Media circus''' is a [[colloquial]] [[metaphor]] or [[idiom]] describing a [[news]] event for which the level of media coverage—measured by such factors as the number of [[reporter]]s at the scene and the amount of material broadcast or published—is perceived to be excessive or out of proportion to the event being covered. Coverage that is [[Sensationalism|sensationalistic]] can add to the perception the event is the subject of a media circus. The term is meant to critique the coverage of the event by comparing it to the [[spectacle]] and pageantry of a [[circus]]. Usage of the term in this sense became common in the 1970s.<ref name="mj1">{{cite news | title=Gilmore case turning into a circus for media | work=Milwaukee Journal | quote=The worldwide attention that condemned killer Gary Gilmore is receiving has turned his case into a media circus Utah residents are saying | date=1976-12-03 }}</ref><ref name="ei1">{{cite news | title=Only in America - the Gary Gilmore Circus has everything but dancing bears | work=The Evening Independent | date=1976-12-08 | quote=There is most appallingly, an only-in-America spectacle wherein a quest for justice becomes an extravaganza for the fast buck. Come, come, come to the circus.| first=Gene | last=Miller}}</ref> It can also be called a [[media feeding frenzy]] or just media frenzy, especially when the media coverage itself is covered.

==History==
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[[File:Tonya harding returning from norway 1994.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tonya Harding]] arriving at [[Portland International Airport]] after the [[1994 Winter Olympics]]]]

Although the idea is older, the term ''media circus'' began to appear around the mid-1970s. An early example is from the 1976 book by author Lynn Haney, in which she writes about a romance in which then-[[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|world {{nowrap|No.{{tsp}}1}}-ranked]] American [[tennis]] athlete [[Chris Evert]] was involved: "Their courtship, after all, had been a '''media circus.{{' "}}''<ref>Lynn Haney (1976). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ffEIhrn5HPgC&q=%22media+circus%22+date:1970-1977 ''Chris Evert, the Young Champion''].</ref> A few years later ''[[The Washington Post]]'' had a similar courtship example in which it reported, "[[Princess Grace]] herself is still traumatized by the memory of her own ''media-circus'' wedding to [[Prince Rainier]] in 1956."<ref>''[[Washington Post]]'' B1, June 29, 1978. This is the oldest quote the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' has listed, although obviously there are older occurrences.</ref> 

Media circuses make up the central plot device in the 1951 movie ''[[Ace in the Hole (1951 film)|Ace in the Hole]]'' about a self-interested reporter who, covering a mine disaster, allows a man to die trapped underground. It cynically examines the relationship between the media and the news they report. The movie was subsequently re-issued as ''The Big Carnival'', with "carnival" referring to what we now call a "circus".
In the film, the disaster attracts campers including a real circus.
The movie was based on real-life [[Floyd Collins]] who in 1925 was trapped in a Kentucky cave drawing so much media attention that it became the third largest media event between the two [[World war|World Wars]] (the other two being [[Charles Lindbergh#Global fame|Lindbergh's solo flight]] and the [[Lindbergh kidnapping]]).<ref>Brucker, R. and Murray, R. ''Trapped! the Story of Floyd Collins'', University Press of Kentucky, 1983.</ref>

==Examples==
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Events described as a media circus include:

===Aruba===
* The disappearance, and assumed killing, of [[Disappearance of Natalee Holloway|Natalee Holloway]] committed by [[Joran van der Sloot]] (2005–)<ref>{{cite news |date=May 14, 2023 |title=The Twisted True-Crime Life of Joran van der Sloot |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-twisted-life-of-joran-van-der-sloot-natalee-holloway-stephany-flores |publisher=The Daily Beast}}</ref>

===Australia===
* The [[Death of Azaria Chamberlain|Azaria Chamberlain disappearance]] of 2-month-old baby in [[outback]] Australia (1980)<ref>{{cite news|title=Vindication at Last for a Woman Scorned by Australia's News Outlets |work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/us/vindication-at-last-for-a-woman-scorned-by-australias-news-media.html|date=Nov 16, 2014}}</ref>
* The [[Beaconsfield Mine collapse]] (2006)<ref>{{cite news|title=Media circus comes digging for gold|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/media-circus-comes-digging-for-gold/2006/05/03/1146335804552.html%26cid%3D0|date=May 4, 2006|access-date=May 8, 2006|archive-date=July 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720163156/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/media-circus-comes-digging-for-gold/2006/05/03/1146335804552.html%26cid%3D0|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2009 [[Violence against Indians in Australia controversy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/today/an-indian-boy-and-a-media-circus|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708090740/http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/today/an-indian-boy-and-a-media-circus|url-status=dead|title=An Indian Boy and a Media Circus |date=8 July 2012|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>
* [[Schapelle Corby]] Drug smuggler (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-07/schapelle-corby-backgrounder/5218074|title=Schapelle Corby: Drug claims, media circus and the family saga that gripped a nation|work=ABC News|access-date=10 December 2015|date=2014-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/02/australia-schapelle-corby-phenomenon-20142131312291167.html|title=Australia's Schapelle Corby phenomenon|author=Geraldine Nordfeldt|access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref>
* [[2023 Leongatha mushroom murders]] trial<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/13/morwell-erin-patterson-mushroom-trial-media-circus-crikey/ | title=Dispatch from Morwell, a shrinking country town now home to the trial of the century | date=June 13, 2025 }}</ref>

===Brazil===
* The [[Isabella Nardoni case|murder of Isabella Nardoni]] (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/24/brasil-making-a-child-murder-into-a-media-show/|title=Brazil: Making a child murder into a media show · Global Voices|work=Global Voices|access-date=10 December 2015|date=2008-04-24}}</ref> <!--NOTE: UN-SOURCED? WILL BE DELETED.-->

===Canada===
* [[Albert Johnson (criminal)|Albert Johnson aka Mad Trapper of Rat River]], a trapper fleeing RCMP concerning a dispute with local indigenous over trapping rights evades a manhunt for a month over 240 km, ending in a shootout at a cabin (1932)
* [[Conrad Black]], business magnate of newspapers, convicted of fraud, embezzlement and corporate destruction, imprisoned in Florida (2007)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1545178/Circus-comes-to-town-for-Conrad-Blacks-trial.html|title=Circus comes to town for Conrad Black's trial|journal=Daily Telegraph|last=Langton|first=James|date=2007-03-11|access-date=2019-06-28|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
* Toronto mayor [[Rob Ford]]'s life, including his usage of drugs, alcohol and involvement with organized crime (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/ford-admission-headlines/|title=Rob Ford's crack admission creates media frenzy|publisher=CBC|date=November 5, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/constant-circus-around-rob-ford-a-distraction-councillors-say-1.1302275|title='Constant circus' around Rob Ford a distraction, councillors say|publisher=CBC|date=May 31, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cp24.com/news/ford/ford-under-fire-all-stories/city-hall-tours-relocated-amid-ford-media-circus-1.1544101|title=City hall tours relocated amid Ford media circus|work=CP24 |date=November 14, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Paul Bernardo]] and [[Karla Homolka]] (serial killers) convicted for the murders of [[Murder of Tammy Homolka|Tammy Homolka]], [[Murder of Leslie Mahaffy|Leslie Mahaffy]], and [[Murder of Kristen French|Kristen French]] (1987–1992)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/1994/04/paul-and-karla-hit-the-net/|title=Paul and Karla Hit the Net|author=WIRED Staff|date=1994-04-01|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-06-28|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>
* [[Omar Khadr]] (detained as a minor at Guantanamo Bay in 2001, transferred to Canada in 2012, released in May 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2017/08/omar-khadr-case-compensation-media-170805131345055.html|title=Omar Khadr: The case, the compensation and the media|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>
* [[Murder of Jun Lin|Luka Rocco Magnotta]], who murdered his [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese-national]] roommate and mailed his remains to schools and public offices in 2012 before fleeing to Germany where he was arrested.
* [[Deaths of the Neville-Lake children|Fatal traffic accident]] of the Neville-Lake children and their grandfather (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawasun.com/2015/09/28/3-siblings-grandfather-killed-in-vaughan-crash|title=Death of three siblings in crash 'worst nightmare': Mom|publisher=[[Ottawa Sun]]|last=Jeffords|first=Shawn|work=ottawasun |date=September 28, 2015|access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/convicted-drunk-driver-marco-muzzo-granted-full-parole-1.5301253|title=Convicted drunk driver Marco Muzzo granted full parole|publisher=[[CP24]]|last=Goodfield|first=Kayla|date=February 9, 2021|access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/edward-lake-dies-drunk-driving-marco-muzzo-1.6495779|title=Edward Lake, father of 3 children killed by drunk driver Marco Muzzo in 2015, dies|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=June 21, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insauga.com/photos-city-honours-neville-lake-fatal-collision-with-quiet-area-at-brampton-park/|title=City Honours Neville-Lake Fatal Collision With Quiet Area At Brampton Park|publisher=insauga.com|date=July 25, 2019|access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>

===Chile===
* [[2010 Copiapó mining accident]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/1015/As-media-circus-wanes-Chile-miners-families-turn-spotlight-on-reporters-antics|title=As media circus wanes, Chile miners' families turn spotlight on reporters' antics|author=The Christian Science Monitor|date=15 October 2010|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/9082400.stm|title=BBC News - World News America - The media circus around Chile's trapped miners|access-date=10 December 2015|date=2010-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.forbes.com/laceyrose/2010/10/12/this-is-just-the-beginning-for-the-chilean-miner-media-circus/?boxes=Homepagechannels|title=The 'Get' Game Gets Going at Chile Miner Media Circus|author=Lacey Rose|work=Forbes|access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> <!--NOTE: UN-SOURCED? WILL BE DELETED.-->

===Colombia===
* The [[Death of Luis Andres Colmenares]] (2010)<ref>{{cite news|title=El caso Colmenares y la fascinación de los medios y del público. ¿Qué tiene de especial? ¿Por qué el circo a su alrededor?|language=es |work=[[Caracol Radio]]|url=http://caracol.com.co/programa/2012/06/06/audios/1339010760_701675.html|date=May 4, 2006}}</ref>

===India===
*[[Sheena Bora murder case]]<ref name="Sheena Bora murder: Cast and plot of a real-life soap opera">{{cite news|title=Sheena Bora murder: Cast and plot of a real-life soap opera|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/the-sheena-bora-murder-cast-and-plot-of-a-reallife-soap-opera/article7586487.ece}}</ref>
*[[Death of Sushant Singh Rajput]]
*[[India's Got Latent#Offensive remarks by Ranveer Allahbadia and removal of the show|Offensive remarks by Ranveer Allahbadia on India's Got Latent]]

===Italy===
* [[Maurizio Gucci#Murder|Murder of Maurizio Gucci]], by hitmen ordered by ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani (1995)
* [[Amanda Knox]] (convicted of the [[murder of Meredith Kercher]]; her conviction was subsequently overturned) (2015)<ref>{{cite news | title=Amanda Knox compared to Goebbels by prosecutors | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8784918/Amanda-Knox-compared-to-Nazi-Joseph-Goebbels.html | last=Squires | first=Nick | date=September 23, 2011 | access-date=2011-09-27 | work=Telegraph (UK) | location=[[Perugia]] | quote="The trial must be held here, in this courtroom. This lobbying, this media and political circus, this heavy interference, forget all of it," the prosecutor said }}</ref>
===Japan===
*[[Murder of Shiori Ino]]

===Malaysia===
* [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] (2014)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/missing-mh370-day-6-and-media-circus-malaysia-shows-few-signs-relenting-|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313230750/http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/missing-mh370-day-6-and-media-circus-malaysia-shows-few-signs-relenting-|archive-date=2014-03-13 |title=Missing MH370: Day 6 and media circus in Malaysia shows few signs of relenting |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=March 13, 2014 |first=Joyce |last=Lim |access-date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/opinion-story/4436839-desi-dialogues-media-s-coverage-of-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-appalling/ |title=Desi Dialogues: Media's coverage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight appalling |first=Rakshande |last=Italia |date=March 28, 2014 |work=[[Inside Toronto]] |access-date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref>

===Peru===
* [[Joran van der Sloot]] and the murder of [[Joran van der Sloot#Murder of Stephany Flores|Stephany Flores Ramirez]] (2010)<ref name=RNW-20100609-Peru>{{cite news|publisher=[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]]|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/peru-police-confirm-van-der-sloots-murder-confession|title=Peru police confirm Van der Sloot's murder confession|date=2010-06-09|access-date=2010-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611025832/http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/peru-police-confirm-van-der-sloots-murder-confession|archive-date=2010-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Philippines===
* Assassination of a [[Spaniards|Spanish]] landowner by a [[Filipinos|Filipino]] laborer in [[Negros]] in 1890, which was covered by [[Spain|Spanish]]-owned newspapers in [[Manila]] in the year's first half.<ref>{{cite news |last=Royeca |first=Jon |url=https://mb.com.ph/2019/10/26/a-sensational-murder-in-the-philippines-in-1890 |title=A Sensational Murder In The Philippines in 1890 |newspaper=[[Manila Bulletin]] |date=October 27, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
* Cabading killings (1961), a case wherein a father killed his family and his son-in-law before killing himself.<ref name="tpsC20">{{cite news |last=Cabahug |first=Eric |url=https://philstarlife.com/living/132046-pinoy-true-crimes |title=Pinoy murders: The worst true crimes in the Philippines |newspaper=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=October 11, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
* Murder of Lucila Lalu (1967)<ref name="tpsC20" /><ref name="ePC20" />
* In the 1990s, there were reports on an alleged notorious killer in [[Negros Oriental]] targeting women, although these accounts were never confirmed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dagle |first=Robbin |url=http://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/television/2020/10/23/filipino-true-crime-stories.html |title=Pinoy true crime stories that need the docu-series treatment |work=[[CNN Philippines]] |date=October 23, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829084347/http://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/television/2020/10/23/filipino-true-crime-stories.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Vizconde murders|Vizconde massacre]] (1991)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Delizo|first1=Michael Joe T.|title=VACC founder Vizconde dies|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/vacc-founder-vizconde-dies/244860/|access-date=February 14, 2016|work=Manilla Times|date=February 13, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Pepsi Number Fever|Pepsi Number Fever 349 incident]] (1992)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/pepsi-349-number-fever-a00289-20220117-lfrm| title=Rage, Riots, and Death: Looking Back at the Pepsi 349 Debacle |work=Esquire Magazine PH| date=January 17, 2022 | access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez]] (1993)<ref name="tpsC20" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/19/timeline-the-gomez-sarmenta-murder-case |title='A plot hatched in hell': Timeline of the Gomez-Sarmenta murder case |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=August 22, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Narag |first=Raymund |url=https://verafiles.org/articles/media-sensationalism-bureaucratic-ineptitude-and-quest-justi |title=Commentary: Media sensationalism, bureaucratic ineptitude, and the quest for justice for the common tao |work=[[Vera Files]] |date=August 25, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/08/21/19/impending-release-of-convicted-rapist-murderer-sanchez-sparks-outrage |title=Impending release of convicted rapist-murderer Sanchez sparks outrage |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=August 21, 2019 |access-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref>
* [[1994 Manila Film Festival scandal|Manila Film Festival scandal]] (1994)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/305581/lolit-solis-on-1994-manila-film-fest-scam-it-was-a-nightmare-for-me| title=Lolit Solis on 1994 Manila Film Fest scam: 'It was a nightmare for me' |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer| date=November 20, 2018 | access-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref>
* Execution of [[Flor Contemplacion]] (1995)<ref name="an04">{{cite news |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2004/11/03/opinion/no-more-media-circus-this-time/681366/ |title=No more media circus this time |newspaper=[[The Manila Times]] |url-access=subscription |date=November 3, 2004 |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Chiong murder case]] (1997)<ref>{{cite news |last=Gabinete |first=Jojo |url=https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/22287/forensic-expert-binalikan-ang-mga-pangyayari-sa-chiong-rape-murder-case-noong-1997 |title=Forensic expert, binalikan ang mga pangyayari sa Chiong rape-murder case noong 1997 |work=[[Philippine Entertainment Portal]] |date=July 20, 2018 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pov-tc.pbs.org/pov/downloads/2012/pov-giveuptomorrow-handout.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829020134/https://pov-tc.pbs.org/pov/downloads/2012/pov-giveuptomorrow-handout.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |title=Case Study: The Media and the Trial of Paco Larrañaga (Handout for the documentary "Give Up Tomorrow") |work=[[PBS]] |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
* Murder of [[Nida Blanca]] (2001)<ref name="tpsC20" /><ref name="ePC20">{{cite news |last=de Guzman |first=Nicai |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/unsolved-mysteries-crime-philippines-a1729-20200212-lfrm |title=The Most Shocking and High-Profile Unsolved Crimes in the Philippines |newspaper=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire Philippines]] |date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Vhong Navarro#Assault incident|Vhong Navarro assault incident]] (2014)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/48834-vhong-navarro-recovering-assault/| title=Vhong Navarro recovering from brutal attack |work=Rappler| date=January 25, 2014 | access-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref>

===Romania===
* [[Disappearance of Elodia Ghinescu|Disappearance and alleged murder of Elodia Ghinescu]], especially on [[OTV (Romanian TV station)|OTV]], which aired a couple hundred episodes on the matter (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stiri.kappa.ro/actualitate/19-08-2009/fenomenul-elodia-dupa-doi-ani-30420.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131204175000/http://stiri.kappa.ro/actualitate/19-08-2009/fenomenul-elodia-dupa-doi-ani-30420.html|url-status=dead|title=STIRI - Fenomenul "Elodia", dupa doi ani|date=4 December 2013|archive-date=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/pdf/media-sustainability-index-europe-eurasia-2009-full.pdf.pdf MEDIA SUSTAINABILITY INDEX 2009], p. 89</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Raport de monitorizare |url=https://www.cna.ro/IMG/pdf/08.01-09.04.2008.1-DDD_OTV.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216122846/https://www.cna.ro/IMG/pdf/08.01-09.04.2008.1-DDD_OTV.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-16 |access-date=2024-11-17|language=ro|trans-title=Monitoring Report|website=cna.ro|year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/eveniment/fenomenul-elodia--doi-ani-1_50aca5637c42d5a663878834/index.html|title=Fenomenul "Elodia", după doi ani|work=adevarul.ro|date=19 August 2009 |access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref>

===South Africa===
* [[Oscar Pistorius]] on [[Trial of Oscar Pistorius|trial]] for death of his girlfriend [[Reeva Steenkamp]] (2013–2014)<ref name=pistorius-Mar2014>{{cite news |title=The Oscar Pistorius trial: Africa's O.J. Simpson? |date=March 1, 2014 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/03/01/the-oscar-pistorius-trial-africas-o-j-simpson/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=April 18, 2014 |first=Adam |last=Taylor }}</ref><ref name=pistorius-Apr2014>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/oscar-pistorius/10760333/Oscar-Pistorius-and-the-echoes-of-OJ-Simpson.html |title=Oscar Pistorius and the echoes of OJ Simpson |work=The Telegraph |date=12 April 2014 |access-date=18 April 2014 |location=London |first=John |last=Hiscock}}</ref>

===South Korea===
* Suicide and funeral of K-pop star and [[Shinee]] member [[Kim Jong-hyun (singer)|Kim Jong-hyun]] (2017)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jonghyun's coffin carried by pop stars at funeral |date=December 21, 2017|url=https://ew.com/music/2017/12/21/jonghyun-funeral/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Nick |last=Maslow}}</ref>

=== Spain ===

* The [[Alcàsser Girls|Alcàsser case]] (1992)<ref>{{cite news |date=June 14, 2019 |title='El caso Alcàsser' y la crítica al circo televisivo basado en el morbo del espectador |trans-title=The 'Alcàsser Case' and the criticism of the television circus based on viewer morbid fascination |url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/el-caso-alcasser-critica-circo-televisivo-morbo-espectador-93010/ |work=Formula TV |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 13, 2017 |title=El 'Caso Alcàsser': Había una vez un circo |trans-title=The 'Alcàsser Case': Once Upon a Circus |url=https://valenciaplaza.com/caso-alcasser |work=Valencia Plaza |language=Spanish}}</ref>
* The [[Murder of Rocío Wanninkhof|Wanninkhof-Carabantes case]] (1999–2006)<ref name="Antolín">{{cite news |last=Antolín |first=Matías |date=18 September 2008 |title=El linchamiento de Dolores |trans-title=The lynching of Dolores |url=http://www.diariodeburgos.es/noticia.cfm/Opini%C3%B3n/20080918/linchamiento/dolores/720A4739-1A64-968D-5967AE9AC1399CCF |access-date=September 20, 2017 |work=Diario de Burgos |location=Burgos, Spain |language=es}}</ref><ref name="Rodríguez">{{cite news |last=Rodríguez |first=Mercedes |date=June 17, 2008 |title='El Caso Wanninkhof', la historia de un linchamiento |trans-title='The Wanninkhof Case', history of a lynching |url=http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20080617/television/caso-wanninkhof-historia-linchamiento-20080617.html |access-date=September 20, 2017 |work=El Diario Montañés |location=Santander, Spain |language=es}}</ref>
* The disappearance of [[Murder of Marta del Castillo|Marta del Castillo]] (2009–2013)<ref>{{cite news |date=February 17, 2009 |title=El 'caso Marta del Castillo': ¿sólo información, morbo o "circo mediático"? |trans-title=The 'Marta del Castillo case': just information, morbid fascination or "media circus"? |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/451016/0/marta/castillo/medios/ |work=20 Minutos |language=Spanish}}</ref>
* The [[José Bretón case]] (2011)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guillamón |first=Vicente Alejandro |date=July 8, 2013 |title=Caso Bretón: ¿juicio o circo mediático? |trans-title=Bretón case: Trial or media circus? |url=https://www.religionenlibertad.com/opinion/30118/caso-breton-juicio-o-circo-mediatico.html |work=Religión en Libertad}}</ref>
* The murder of [[Murder of Asunta Basterra|Asunta Basterra]] (2013)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/galicia/asunta-suceso-transforma-circo-mediatico-20230915182358-nt.html |title=Caso Asunta: cuando el suceso se transforma en circo mediatico |trans-title=Asunta Case: when the event becomes a media circus  |date=October 11, 2019 |work=Vozpopuli |language=Spanish}}</ref>
* The disappearance and murder of [[Murder of Diana Quer|Diana Quer]] (2016–2018)<ref>{{cite news |date=August 16, 2023 |title=El circo de los Quer y los medios sin escrúpulos |trans-title=The Quer circus and the unscrupulous media |url=https://www.vozpopuli.com/medios/familia-diana-quer-responsabilidad-medios-comunicacion_0_1289572607.html |work=ABC Galicia |language=Spanish}}</ref>
* The murder of [[Murder of Gabriel Cruz|Gabriel Cruz]] (2018)<ref>{{cite news |date=March 14, 2018 |title=Un nuevo y triste circo mediático en Almería |trans-title=A new and sad media circus in Almería |url=https://www.malagahoy.es/opinion/editorial/nuevo-triste-circo-mediatico-Almeria_0_1226877851.html |work=Málaga Hoy |language=Spanish}}</ref>

===Thailand===
* [[Tham Luang cave rescue]] (2018)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-thailand-accident-cave-rescuers/throng-of-volunteers-gather-to-rescue-thai-boys-trapped-in-cave-idUKKBN1JW0VI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707122137/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-thailand-accident-cave-rescuers/throng-of-volunteers-gather-to-rescue-thai-boys-trapped-in-cave-idUKKBN1JW0VI|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2018|title=Throng of volunteers gather to rescue Thai boys trapped in cave|first=Panu|last=Wongcha-um|newspaper=Reuters|date=2018-07-06}}</ref>

===Ukraine===
* [[Mykola Melnychenko]]'s involvement in the [[Cassette Scandal]] (1999–2000)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/media-circus-follows-melnychenko-to-warsaw-21721.html |title=Media circus follows Melnychenko to Warsaw |date=October 28, 2004 |access-date=July 21, 2014 |work=Kyiv Post }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Melnychenko returns to Ukraine, testifies in secret to prosecutor |issue=50 |volume=LXXIII |first=Yana |last=Sedova |date=December 11, 2005 |url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2005/500501.shtml |work=Kyiv Press Bureau |access-date=July 21, 2014 |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726205408/http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2005/500501.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
* The [[McLibel case]] (1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightknowledge.org/law/famous-cases-mclibel|title=Brightside Mentoring|website=www.brightknowledge.org}}</ref>
* The disappearance of [[Disappearance of Madeleine McCann|Madeleine McCann]] (2008)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1902515/Master-of-media-circus-for-Madeleine-McCann.html |title=Master of media circus for Madeleine McCann |date=24 April 2008 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=25 April 2014 }}</ref>
* The life, career, death and funeral of [[Jade Goody]] (2009)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/jade-goody/5033144/Jade-Goody-dies-after-cancer-battle-bringing-media-circus-to-end.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325063500/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/jade-goody/5033144/Jade-Goody-dies-after-cancer-battle-bringing-media-circus-to-end.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 25, 2009 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Jade Goody dies after cancer battle bringing media circus to end | first=Sarah | last=Knapton | date=March 22, 2009 | access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref>
* The [[News International phone hacking scandal]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/07/no-one-outside-of-the-media-political-circus-cares-about-the-phone-hacking-scandal/ | title=No one outside of the media-political circus cares about the phone hacking scandal | first=Linda | last=Rodriguez | date=July 22, 2011 | access-date=August 17, 2011}}</ref>
* The [[Charlie Gard case]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/charlie-gard-court-case-ruling-became-media-circus-a7857841.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/charlie-gard-court-case-ruling-became-media-circus-a7857841.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Why did Charlie Gard's court case become a media circus?|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=2017-07-24}}</ref>
* "[[Megxit]]" feud between [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Meghan Markle]]/[[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Prince Harry]] and the [[British royal family|royal family]] (2020–2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sykes |first=Tom |date=2021-02-11 |title=Meghan Markle Told Her Dad It Was 'Devastating' to Face 'Media Circus' He Created |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-markle-told-her-dad-it-was-devastating-to-face-media-circus-he-created |access-date=2023-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Meghan Markle's Mom Doria Ragland Slams Ex Thomas for Getting Involved in Media "Circus" |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1357553/meghan-markles-mom-doria-ragland-slams-ex-thomas-for-getting-involved-in-media-circus |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=E! Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dooley |first=Matthew |date=2023-01-04 |title=Meghan and Harry blasted for 'Sussex circus' ahead of Duke media blitz |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1716796/meghan-markle-prince-harry-sussex-circus-duke-interviews-dxus |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
* The public absence and cancer diagnosis of [[Kate Middleton]] (2023-2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Kate Middleton Reveals She's Undergoing Chemotherapy |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/kate-middleton-cancer-chemotherapy-video |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=W Magazine |language=en}}</ref>

===United States===
[[File:Dominique Strauss-Kahn media circus.jpg|thumb|Cameras and reporters in front of the [[Dominique Strauss-Kahn|Strauss-Kahn]] apartment on May 26, 2011]]
* The 1924 murder trials of [[Beulah Annan]], [[Belva Gaertner|Belva Gærtner]], and several other female suspects in Chicago, adapted into the ''[[Chicago (play)|Chicago]]'' franchise by a newspaper reporter<ref>McConnell, Virginia A.[https://books.google.com/books?id=0JCxU4cNunQC&dq=%22William+Scott+Stewart%22+Chicago+%22Billy+OR+Flynn%22&pg=PA62 ''Fatal Fortune: the Death of Chicago's Millionaire Orphan'', p. 62] ''Fatal Fortune: the Death of Chicago's Millionaire Orphan'' (books.google), Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005, {{ISBN|0-275-98473-7}}. p. 62</ref>
* The 1932 [[Lindbergh kidnapping|kidnapping of toddler Charles Lindbergh Jr.]] Journalist [[H. L. Mencken]] described the incident as  "the biggest story since the [[Resurrection of Jesus|Resurrection]]".<ref>[http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/lindbergh/trial_6.html Notorious Murders] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308000607/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/lindbergh/trial_6.html |date=March 8, 2014 |df=dmy-all}}; CrimeLibrary.com; accessed August 2015</ref>
* The 1933 [[murder trial of Jessie Costello]], the "smiling widow"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ratliff |first=Jen |date=August 4, 2020 |title=The Smiling Widow: Jessie Costello |url=https://libguides.salemstate.edu/home/archives/blog/Jessie-Costello-The-Smiling-Widow |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=libguides.salemstate.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* The early 1930s string of [[public enemy|public enemies]], ranging from mafia leaders such as [[Al Capone]] to smaller-time gangsters, most enduringly famously [[Bonnie and Clyde]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Bergreen|first=Laurence |title=Capone: The Man and the Era|date=1996|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0684824475|pages=365–366}}</ref>
* The 1954 trial of [[Sam Sheppard]]. The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] held "massive, pervasive, and prejudicial publicity" prevented him from receiving a fair trial<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/384/333.html|title=FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions.|website=Findlaw|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>
* The [[Alice's Restaurant|1965 littering trial]] against singer [[Arlo Guthrie]] and Richard Robbins, deliberately turned into a local media circus by arresting officer [[William Obanhein]] to deter others from repeating their actions<ref name=eagle>{{cite news| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3747386/alices_restaurant_massacree/ | title = Youths Ordered to Clean Up Rubbish Mess | newspaper = Berkshire Eagle | date = November 29, 1965 | location = Pittsfield, Massachusetts | page = 25 | via = Newspapers.com | quote = He (Obanhein) said he hoped their case would be an example to others who are careless about disposal of rubbish.}}{{openaccess}}</ref>
* Coverage of the investigation and trial of the [[Tate murders|1969 murders]] of [[Sharon Tate]] and four others by the [[Manson family]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Media Circus: A Look at Private Tragedy in the Public Eye|last1=Goldman|first1=Kim|last2=Robertson|first2=Tatsha|date=2015-09-22|publisher=BenBella Books|isbn=9781941631607|language=en}}</ref>
* The [[murder of John Lennon]] in December 1980. 
* David Gelman, Peter Greenberg, et al. in ''[[Newsweek]]'' on January 31, 1977: "Brooklyn born photographer and film producer Lawrence Schiller managed to make himself the sole journalist to witness the execution of [[Gary Gilmore]] in Utah....In the Gilmore affair, he was like a ringmaster in what became a media circus, with sophisticated newsmen scrambling for what he had to offer"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gelman |first1=David |last2=Greenberg |first2=Peter S. |title=Ringmaster at the circus |work=Newsweek |date=31 January 1977 |volume=89 |issue=5 |page=77 |id={{ProQuest|214345558}} }}</ref>
* The [[Rescue of Jessica McClure|rescue of baby Jessica McClure]] (1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.scot/news/15596299.How_the_rescue_of_Baby_Jessica_ushered_in_the_era_of_rolling_news/|title=How the rescue of Baby Jessica ushered in the era of rolling news|website=The National|date=14 October 2017 }}</ref>
* The [[O. J. Simpson murder case]] (1994–1995)<ref name=pistorius-Mar2014/><ref name=pistorius-Apr2014/>
* [[North American blizzard of 1996|The Blizzard of '96]] (1996), "...this storm ...so hyped by the media in the same way that the [[O. J. Simpson murder case]] became hyped as the "[[Trial of the century]]"<ref>(Elizabeth Davis, [[The Daily Beacon]], January 12, 1996).[https://web.archive.org/web/20021106090843/http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/issues/v71/n3/blizzard.3v.html]</ref>
* The [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]] (1998)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-09 |title=Lewinsky Media Circus Now Commonplace |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2014/05/09/lewinsky-media-circus-now-commonplace |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2014-05-28 |title=Exclusive: Monica Lewinsky on the Culture of Humiliation |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture |access-date=2022-10-30 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Betancourt |first=Bianca |date=2021-08-25 |title=See the Cast of 'Impeachment: American Crime Story' vs. Their Real-Life Counterparts |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/g37387031/impeachment-american-crime-story-cast-vs-real-life/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The [[Elián González]] custody conflict (2000)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/apr/26/usa.cuba1 |title=Elian moves home to avoid media circus |date=25 April 2000 |access-date=17 April 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref>
* The [[Summer of the Shark]] (2001)<ref name="Legon">{{cite news |title=Survey: 'Shark summer' bred fear, not facts |first=Jeordan |last=Legon |newspaper=CNN |date=March 14, 2003 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/03/13/shark.study/ |access-date=16 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Media always produce a summer feeding frenzy |author=Roeper, Richard |author-link=Richard Roeper |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date=July 25, 2002 |page=11 }}</ref><ref name="Miller">{{cite news |title=Summer of the shark? |first1=Suzanne |last1=Miller |newspaper=Spiker |date=24 July 2003 |url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DE7C.htm |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215131154/http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DE7C.htm |archive-date=15 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The trial of Scott Peterson for the [[murder of Laci Peterson|murder of his wife Laci Peterson]] (2004), "The circus became even more raucous when Peterson went on trial for murder in 2004"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/d636c7d568b041dead73976c26c6038f|title=TV docuseries seems to suggest Scott Peterson didn't kill pregnant wife Laci|date=2017-08-14|website=AP News|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>
* The trial of [[Martha Stewart]] (2004), "The stone-faced Stewart never broke stride as she cut a path through the media circus"<ref>''[[Newsweek]],'' "Martha's Fall," March 15, 2005 {{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4468819/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051222214401/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4468819/ |archive-date=2005-12-22 }}</ref> 
* The [[Runaway bride case]] (2005)<ref>{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=May 8, 2005 |title=It's to Laugh (or Cry) About: Tragedy or Farce? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/07/AR2005050700153_pf.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045424/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/07/AR2005050700153_pf.html |archive-date=August 18, 2017 |access-date=September 11, 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post}} (page B01)</ref> 
* The disappearance of [[Drew Peterson|Stacy Peterson]] (2007)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/01/16/lifetimes-untouchable-throws-the-book-at-drew-peterson/ | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Lifetime's 'Untouchable' throws the book at Drew Peterson | date=January 16, 2012}}</ref>
* The alleged teenage "[[pregnancy pact]]" at [[Gloucester High School (Massachusetts)|Gloucester High School]] (2008)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/01/23/2010-01-23_lifetimes_pregnancy_pact_treats_surge_in_teen_pregnancy_with_kid_gloves.html |title=Lifetime's 'Pregnancy Pact' treats surge in teen pregnancy with kid gloves |first=David |last=Hinckley |date=January 23, 2010 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=2020-09-29 |archive-date=2010-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126080732/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/01/23/2010-01-23_lifetimes_pregnancy_pact_treats_surge_in_teen_pregnancy_with_kid_gloves.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Death of Caylee Anthony|The Casey Anthony murder trial]] (2011), "Once again, it was relentless media coverage that in large part fed the fascination with the case", Ford observed<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/casey-anthony-trial-turned-media-frenzy-031041514.html |title=Casey Anthony trial turned into media frenzy - Yahoo! News |access-date=2017-01-14 |archive-date=2011-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902082909/http://news.yahoo.com/casey-anthony-trial-turned-media-frenzy-031041514.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/182093/57/Elon-Professor-Explains-Media-Frenzy-Around-Anthony-Case- |title=Casey Anthony Trial Media Frenzy Explained |work=digtriad.com |access-date=10 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019133839/http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/182093/57/Elon-Professor-Explains-Media-Frenzy-Around-Anthony-Case- |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-casey-idUSTRE7650HY20110706 | work=Reuters | title=Casey Anthony trial turned into media frenzy | date=July 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/casey-anthony-trial-media-frenzy-at-new-heights/ | work=CBS News | title=Casey Anthony trial: Media frenzy at new heights}}</ref>
* The [[killing of Trayvon Martin]] (2012), "Here is where the media circus takes a decidedly ugly turn", Eric Deggans wrote<ref>"[https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/trayvon-martin-shooting-debate-over-photos-escalates-155103512.html Trayvon Martin shooting: Debate over photos escalates]". Yahoo! News.</ref>
* The [[murder of Travis Alexander]] (2013), where Jodi Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/jodi-arias-trial-media-coverage_n_3324549.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Jodi Arias Trial: An Over-The-Top Media-Spectacle | date=May 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jodi-arias-trial-jurors-weigh-murder-charge-amid-real-life-soap-opera-spectacle/ | work=CBS News | title=Jodi Arias Trial: Jurors weigh murder charge amid "real-life soap opera" spectacle | date=May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20973003/2013/02/05/jodi-arias-trial-media-circus |work=Foz News |title=Jodi Arias trial attracts watchers from across the nation |date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430074316/http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20973003/2013/02/05/jodi-arias-trial-media-circus |archive-date=April 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.yahoo.com/arias-trial-tv-cameras-never-far-behind-215031135.html | work=Yahoo! News | title=In Arias trial, TV cameras never far behind | date=May 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/6155-is-the-jodi-arias-trial-the-craziest-in-america | work=Inside Edition | title=Is the Jodi Arias Trial the Craziest in America? | date=April 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/12/amid-many-trials-frenzy-over-arias/2152919 | work=USA Today | title=Amid many trials, a frenzy over Jodi Arias | date=May 12, 2013 | first=Richard | last=Ruelas}}</ref>
* The [[Killing of Cecil the lion]] (2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dzirutwe |first1=MacDonald |title='What lion?' Zimbabweans ask, amid global Cecil circus |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-wildlife-lion-idUSKCN0Q41VB20150730 |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=Reuters |date=30 July 2015}}</ref>
* The [[murder of George Floyd]] and the [[George Floyd protests|protests that followed]] (2020)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Heaney|first=Michael T.|title=Analysis {{!}} The George Floyd protests generated more media coverage than any protest in 50 years|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/06/george-floyd-protests-generated-more-media-coverage-than-any-protest-50-years/|access-date=2020-09-02|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* The [[Killing of Gabby Petito]] (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/gabby-petito-wyoming-coroner-says-case-became-media-circus-2021-10|title=Wyoming coroner says Gabby Petito's case became a 'media circus' and said others 'involved in domestic violence' should get the same attention|website=[[Insider.com]]}}</ref>
* The [[Casey White prison escape]] (2022)
* [[Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident|Will Smith slapping Chris Rock]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Média |first=Bell |title=Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage, then wins best actor Oscar |url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-on-stage-then-wins-best-actor-oscar-1.17449181 |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=www.iheartradio.ca |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=The Oscars are more about celebrity than cinema - and that's fine |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/oscars-2022-celebrities-cinema-memes-will-smith-chris-rock-1543053 |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Depp v Heard|Johnny Depp v Amber Heard trial]] (2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Benchetrit |first1=Jenna |title=Johnny Depp, Amber Heard libel trial is nothing short of a media circus |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/depp-heard-media-circus-1.6428583 |access-date=3 May 2022 |work=CBC News |date=24 April 2022}}</ref>
* The [[2022 University of Idaho killings]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/police-2-roommates-home-murder-4-u-idaho-students-rcna57612|title=Police: 2 other roommates were home during fatal stabbing of 4 U of Idaho students|website=TODAY|date=November 17, 2022 |access-date=November 23, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123090806/https://www.today.com/news/police-2-roommates-home-murder-4-u-idaho-students-rcna57612|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The various scandals surrounding [[George Santos]] (2022–2023)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-01-19 |title=Stakeouts, a Missing Scarf, and a Dying Dog: Inside the George Santos Media Circus |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/george-santos-media-circus |access-date=2023-02-07 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tully-Mcmanus |first=Katherine |title=Won't you be my neighbor, George Santos? |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2023/01/18/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-george-santos-00078269 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=POLITICO |date=18 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[trial of Alex Murdaugh]] (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oritz |first=Erik |date=January 22, 2023 |title=Lights, camera, trial: All eyes on Alex Murdaugh as a small South Carolina city prepares for a 'circus' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lights-camera-trial-eyes-alex-murdaugh-small-south-carolina-city-prepa-rcna64961 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Titan submersible implosion]] (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Titanic sub joins a long history of search and rescue media circuses |url=https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/6/24/23771854/missing-titanic-sub-news-thai-cave-rescue |date=June 24, 2023 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Killing of Brian Thompson]] and arrest of suspect [[Luigi Mangione|Luigi Nicholas Mangione]] (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blair County DA: Apprehension of suspect in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO brings unprecedented attention |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/12/11/mangione-united-healthcare-blair-weeks/stories/202412110058 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[24-hour news cycle]]
* [[Cause célèbre]]
* [[CNN effect]]
* [[Deviancy amplification spiral]]
* [[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|"Dirty Laundry" (Don Henley song)]]
* [[Feiler faster thesis]]
* ''[[It's Not News, It's FARK]]''
* [[Richard Jewell]]
* [[Media scrum]]
* [[Missing white woman syndrome]]
* [[Paparazzi]]
* [[Perp walk]]
* [[Political theatre (disambiguation)]]
* [[Sensationalism]]
* [[Silly season]]
* [[Trial by media]]
* [[Trial of the century]]
* [[Yellow journalism]]
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==References==
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