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hatchet job



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The groundbreaking first film - Ricky Gervais's favourite - focused on Tap's disastrous US tour, and the band still brand DiBergi's treatment as "a hatchet job".

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

“It was a hatchet job, a piece of crap,” Rose said of the investigation to the Washington Post.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

Though she was fully aware of the potential controversy of her charges, she never intended for her book to be the hatchet job that many reviewers believed it to be.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

The filmmakers behind HBO’s explosive documentary "Allen v. Farrow" have welcomed the filmmaker to share his side of the story after a spokesperson called the series a "hatchet job."

From Fox News • Mar. 15, 2021

“I guess you saw that hatchet job in the paper,” I say.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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