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Show Leak Scoops Beat Generation But what about what the newspapermen news-papermen say? Nobody exposes them because nobody else has access to a newspaper. On the assumption as-sumption that it takes a newspaperman news-paperman to expose one, the following fol-lowing glossary of newspaper terms is offered: A leak-a newspaper story someone else got. A beat -a newspaper story he got. A scoop-newspapermen rarely use the word but when they do they refer to any various shovel -like instruments. Some blabbermouth underling has been talking-anothernewspap- erman got a story from a source unknown to him. It came from informed sources -he got to the same source ( first. The preponderance of opinion, indicates -he believes it anyway. 1 This piece is loaded with hum- j an interest-used on deskman by , reporters and means "If you don't give this a byline, you're tone J deaf, you deskman, you. There's not much inthisstory-by inthisstory-by reporters to deskman, indicating indicat-ing they don't want to write it. The lid of secrecy clamped down-his sources aren't speaking to him. An air of mystery surrounded the killing-he got there too late. Police said an air of mystery surrounded the killing-he didn't i get there at all. The body of a beautiful blonde-they blonde-they found a dead woman. A rather plain, chestnut -haired elderly woman -he got beaten on the story by the reporter who wrote about the beautiful blonde. |
