Meaning of Newzak | Babel Free

Definitions

News reporting that aims to entertain more than to inform.

derogatory, uncountable

Examples

“These pundits intone Newzak like⟳ priests each evening, every now and again breaking off for a 'message', this being the consumer aspect of Newzak[…]”

“[…]they go on, mile after mile, with ever more tarmac opening before them, and their radio alternating between Muzak, a melange of tunes, and Newzak, a melange of news items, both geared to counteracting anything in the nature of thought.”

“The thrust of the news service was unbiased reporting and presenting the complete⟳ picture. Critics reported that despite its claims, Fox News had not found a way to reinvent the news. Rather, it merely added to the saturation level. Newzak.”

“The recording must exist⟳ somewhere in the vast archives of the BBC, but it wasn't particularly enlightening as far as Mugabe's negotiating position was concerned, and the report⟳ I based on it was one of those Newzak pieces[…]”

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