HARD NEWS (STORY)

1. the press prints hard news. Hard news is an event, a meeting, the formation of something, an attack, a campaign. It is not a statement. (HCO PL 3 Feb 69) 2. a hard news story means a staged or actual event as different than a statement by someone. (OODs 8 Jan 71) 3. a term which is used to denote an event as different from a statement or a news release. Hard news is normally made. In other words it is created. (FO 3451) 4. an event that has occurred, usually told in past tense. Soft news is anything from speculative story to a feature. (BPL 10 Jan 73R)