Verb
sensationalize (third-person singular simple present sensationalizes, present participle sensationalizing, simple past and past participle sensationalized)
(American spelling, Oxford British English) To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.
He doesn’t sensationalize his adolescent practice of bringing guns and drugs to school—he doesn’t have to (“Street Life”). Source: Internet
I feel like the discourse online is either meant to scare or shock or condemn or sensationalize this very, very normal part of our lives.” Source: Internet