► 名詞
マスコミ [ますこみ] meaning: media rank: 3
☆ 事件はマスコミに大々的に取り上げられた ⇨ The case has attracted a lot of attention from the media (☛ From “mass communication”. Used less recently and replaced by “メディア”)
More examples:
- マスコミは彼の一挙手一投足を見つめている ⇨ The media is watching his every move
 - マスコミは首相が辞任したと速報した ⇨ The media broke the news that the prime minister had resigned
 - マスコミは政府の対応を批判した ⇨ The media criticized the government’s reactions
 - 彼はマスコミの標的になった ⇨ He has become a target of the media
 - マスコミは政府を攻撃した ⇨ The media attacked the government
 - マスコミは彼等の離婚のことを書き立てた ⇨ Media wrote on and on about their divorce
 - マスコミは経済について政府を叩いた ⇨ The media beat up on, criticized, the government for the economy
 - 政府はマスコミに叩かれた ⇨ The government got beat/heavily criticized by the media
 - 彼は事件はマスコミが演出したものだと主張した ⇨ He argued that the incident was staged by the media
 - 政治家は疑惑はマスコミがでっち上げた話だと主張した ⇨ The politician insisted the accusation was all made up by the media
 - マスコミは首相が辞任したと報じた ⇨ The media reported the prime minister had resigned
 - 原告の弁護士は控訴するとマスコミに語った ⇨ The attorney of the plaintiff told the media they would appeal
 - マスコミは大衆に迎合している ⇨ The media is pandering to the mass
 - マスコミは政府の責任を追及した ⇨ The media went after the government’s responsibility, handling of the matter
 - マスコミはその事件について盛んに書き立てた ⇨ The media wrote sensationally about the incident