viewspaper

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of views +‎ newspaper

Noun[edit]

viewspaper (plural viewspapers)

  1. A newspaper that includes many opinion pieces.
    • 2007 August 4, Richard Siklos, “Press Baron Champions ‘Viewspaper’”, in New York Times[1]:
      Q. Before stepping down as Britain’s prime minister, Tony Blair made a speech criticizing the British media, during which he singled out The Independent as a “metaphor” for what has happened to the news over his tenure, saying it is “well-edited and lively” but “is avowedly a viewspaper not merely a newspaper.”