viewspaper en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of views + newspaper.
Meanings
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A newspaper that includes many opinion pieces.
Q. Before stepping down as Britain’s prime minister, Tony Blair made a speech criticizing the British media, during which he singled out The Independent as a “metaphor” for what has happened to the news over his tenure, saying it is “well-edited and lively” but “is avowedly a viewspaper not merely a newspaper.”
2007 August 4, Richard Siklos, “Press Baron Champions ‘Viewspaper’”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| viewspapers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |