non-news

noun

ˌnän-ˈn(y)üz

: communication, information, or entertainment that is not news or not newsworthy

… the airwaves will be jammed with news and non-news of the most hair-raising presidential derby on record.—

Jennifer Harper

—often used before another noun

non-news programsa non-news event

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The decision to label the BBC’s main non-news account rather than its news account was also puzzling. —

Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023 Limit screen time to non-news coverage programming for your young children. —

Amy Joyce, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023 Facebook’s block reportedly reduced traffic to Australian news sites by around 30 percent, and was widely criticized for impacting non-news content like official government pages. —

Jon Porter, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023

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