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Record 1 1990-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
CONT

Hard (of news): not trivial, diverting or sensational: important in its economic, political or other large bearing (hard news refer to the less exciting and more analytical stories of public affairs, economic, social problems).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
DEF

Nouvelle qui porte sur un événement qui vient d'arriver; peut faire l'objet d'une manchette ou du moins d'un titre de journal; il faut lui accorder une place importante.

CONT

Un bon bulletin d'information donne la préséance aux nouvelles chaudes.

OBS

Terme entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

Spanish

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