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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun News or investigative journalism that deals with serious topics and events.

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  • noun publishing, broadcasting Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun news that deals with serious topics or events

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