Public Opinion Manipulation

noun a member of a group hired to applaud or heckle at a performance

• The claqueurs were hired to applaud during the opera performance.
• The claqueur in the audience was really enthusiastic about the show.
• The claqueur was totally faking their applause.
• In politics, some people act as claqueurs to show support for a candidate.

noun a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate, well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers

• Yellow journalism refers to the practice of sensationalizing news stories to attract readership.
• I heard that newspaper is full of yellow journalism, always exaggerating the headlines.
• Don't believe everything you read in those tabloids, it's all just yellow journalism.
• His speeches were filled with yellow journalism, twisting the truth to fit his agenda.