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MEDIA BARONS [1 record]

Record 1 1998-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • News and Journalism (General)
DEF

The influential members of the major news media.

CONT

The punditocracy unfortunalely is looking for something brilliant, something cutting edge, something to create its own reality. (The Hartford Courant, Jan. 1, 1998, p. C1).

OBS

pundit: a Hindu learned in Sanskrit, etc. Ironically, one who makes authoritative pronouncements on current affairs.

Key term(s)
  • punditry
  • pundit-ocracy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)

Spanish

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