get a bad press
be given a bad press

The union often gets a bad press, and there are good reasons for this.

So for him at least, a little bad press can be a good thing.

His response to bad press was always the same: focus on driving.

I have always thought that northern European food has had a bad press.

But I'm afraid it would take a few years and a lot of bad press to see any change.

During his lifetime and after he received a bad press.

The area has been subject to much bad press over the years.

"I thought you'd be making up for your recent bad press."

Why and how he got all that bad press in the beginning, I'll never know.

Perfection has come in for a lot of bad press recently.