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Pulling a hearst or to hearst.: To make up news where there aren’t any, or make up a story and pass it as true, particularly when there is a dearth of real events. The term is coined after American press tycoon Randolph William Hearst who was known for manufacturing sensational stories from whole cloth and distorting real events.
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