mosquito press
n.— «She helped launch the Inquirer and, later, The Philippine Star, publications that the Marcos regime derisively referred to as the “mosquito press.”» —“Faeldon is just a symptom” ABS-CBN Interactive (Philippines) Jan. 29, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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