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Meaning of soft news | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Broadcast news mainly intended to entertain rather than to inform.

uncountable

Examples

“"Segment 3" established the daily presence of a five-minute back-of-the-book feature on network newscasts. Although previously the TV networks had usually featured soft news at the end of their evening news, on some days the soft-news feature did not make it on the air because of the judged newsworthiness of the hard news.”

“"We have to cover the hard news always, but we have to cover the soft news to meet demand," said Monique Villa, the managing director of Reuters Media, the division that contains its picture and news wires.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

soft nose soft opening soft ordnance soft palate soft paraffin soft paywall