"garner media attention" is a correct and usable phrase in written English. You can use it when you wish to describe how someone or something has received or attracted the interest of the media. For example: The new artist's debut single was a hit, and quickly managed to garner media attention.
The more peculiar the conditions, the more likely they are to garner media attention and public scrutiny.
But Captain Durand said that searching practices are unchanged and that the strike was an "orchestrated event intended to garner media attention".
From pumps dripping oil and huge ponds of black sludge to dying trees and undergrowth — a likely sign of an underground pipeline leak — these spills are relatively small and rarely garner media attention.
Thousands of research studies are published; many of these are very interesting to other academics but may not garner media attention.
His activities were also garnering media attention.
He spent much of spring 2011 garnering media attention by constantly claiming without any evidence that Obama might have born overseas.
His strategists hope the head start will provide an edge in garnering media attention and donations.
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