sunshine story
n.— «These pieces of paper which masquerade as newspapers have literally gone to sleep. In the event that they wake up, all they do is to play the role of praise singers and publish what is called in journalistic parlance “sunshine stories”: see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.» —“Replacing a Court Jester With Another is Not the Solution” by Bornwell Chakaodza Financial Gazette (Harare, Zimbabwe) Nov. 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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