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== Definitions ==

1. the press prints hard [[NEWS|news]]. Hard news is an [[EVENT|event]], a [[MEETING|meeting]], the formation of something, an attack, a [[CAMPAIGN|campaign]]. It is not a [[STATEMENT|statement]].
''(HCO PL 3 Feb 69)''

2. a hard news story means a staged or [[ACTUAL|actual]] event as [[DIFFERENT|different]] than a statement by someone.
''(OODs 8 Jan 71)''

3. a [[TERM|term]] which is used to denote an event as different from a statement or a news [[RELEASE|release]]. Hard news is normally made. In other words it is created.
''(FO 3451)''

4. an event that has occurred, usually told in [[PAST|past]] tense. [[SOFT_NEWS|Soft news]] is anything from speculative story to a feature.
''(BPL 10 Jan 73R)''