1. Ý Nghĩa
Bad press/Get a bad press: sự công khai chỉ trích, phê bình gay gắt hoặc đưa tin bất lợi trên phương tiện truyền thông (báo, TV, radio, các nền tảng trực tuyến, mạng xã hội,…), có thể gây tổn hại đến danh tiếng, hình ảnh hoặc uy tín của một cá nhân, tổ chức, sản phẩm hoặc thương hiệu.
2. Ví dụ/Examples
The organization lost the public’s trust as a result of how badly it handled a crisis in the healthcare industry, which provoked a flurry of bad press.
Because of their involvement in a doping scandal, the athletes’ careers and partnerships have gotten a lot of bad press.
The company’s decision to lay off a large number of employees received significant bad press, which led to a public outcry and protests outside their headquarters.
Despite their best efforts to control the problem, the corporation was subjected to a storm of bad press due to the media’s extensive reporting of the environmental damage their manufacturing operations had created.
The celebrity’s controversial Facebook post drew criticism and got a barrage of unfavorably bad press due to accusations that they were endorsing harmful ideologies.
Due to the government’s lack of transparency about an important infrastructure project, there have been more accusations of corruption, which have sparked widespread protests, bad press, and calls for honest investigations.