press corpse
n.— «The rest of the White House “press corpse” sits back while Scott McClellan is allowed to stonewall with his favorite new phrase, “There is a serious investigation going on so we can’t comment further.”» —“The TalkShowization of the Mainstream Media” by Steve Young in Hollywood American Politics Journal Jan. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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