soft news
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soft news
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Broadcast news mainly intended to entertain rather than to inform.
"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 newswort
Opposite: hard news
Talk about this word "soft news." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/soft%20news. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. soft news. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20news "soft news." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20news.
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@misc{soft_news_2026,
title = {soft news},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20news},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
