hard news

Example Sentences

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Mr. Braude is suitably critical of his subject for her sometimes glib approach to life-and-death matters, and he pegs her appeal as “delivering hard news as if it was light gossip.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

A respected journalist with the demeanor of an undertaker, McGee insisted to management that he ask the first three questions of any hard news subject who appeared on “Today” before Walters could have a chance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

I was a hard news person, a 'Dateline' person.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

Colleagues described Buell as a “visionary” who encouraged photographers to try new ways of covering hard news.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

"There's hard news, m'lords, and a cmel way to pay you for your meat and mead, but the man as asks the question must bear the answer. Stark's gone."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin