Found this 'guide' on the internet... if you can think of any I should add send them to me at info@lizhollis.co.uk
Reader's Guide to Journalistic Cliches
Controversial: He did something bad but we're not sure what
Scandal-plagued: Guilty
War-torn: We can't find it on a map
Knowledgable observer: The reporter
Knowledgable observers: The reporter and the person at the next desk
Screen Legend: Reporter is too young to remember his movies
Teen idol: Reporter is too old to have heard of him
According to published reports: We got scooped
Embattled: He should quit
Recently: We lost the press release
Shocking revelation: leaked on a slow news day
Highly placed source: one who would talk
Supermodel: picture was printed somewhere
Celebrity: has a publicist
Superstar: has a publicist and an agent
Family Values: right wing idiot
Progressive: left wing idiot
Couldn't be reached for comment: the reporter didn't call until after 5pm
Unclear, uncertain, unknown at press time: no one will tell us
Conflagration: what was a fire in the first paragraph, a blaze in the second and an inferno in the third
Long-time companion: they had sex
Tearful: Could have been crying
Choked up: Definitely could have been crying
Weeping: Tear spotted in one eye
Entrepreneur: Hasn't made it yet, but we're doing a nice story about him
Mogul: Has made it, and we're doing a hatchet job
Hot-button issue: only editors care about it
Towing industry expose: editor got a parking ticket
With news wire services: no original reporting whatsoever
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