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all the news that's fit to print

AWL the NOOZ thats FIT too PRINT

ɔːl ðə njuːz ðæts fɪt tuː prɪnt

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allthenewsthat'sfittoprint

Dictionary meaning

the historic motto of The New York Times, printed on the front page since 1896 at the direction of publisher Adolph Ochs to signal the paper's commitment to factual, serious, and reliable journalism as distinct from the sensationalism of yellow journalism then common in American newspapers; used more broadly as an ironic commentary on editorial gatekeeping decisions about what events are deemed newsworthy and whose voices and stories are included in or excluded from mainstream media coverage

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