Sentence examples for soft news from inspiring English sources

Traditionalists complained that the snappy new "soft news" sections devoured newsprint that might have been given over to "hard news".

They might then use our Reading Hard News With a Soft Touch (PDF) to brainstorm soft news ideas from hard news stories.

What percentages of the program were "hard" vs. "soft" news?

Others are of more recent invention, such as "soft news" and celebrity sports gossip.

Historically, news organizations maintained a distinction between "hard" news and entertainment, or "soft" news, programming.

After the Sept. 11 attacks, soft news covers on such subjects largely vanished.

The least politically engaged citizens are more likely to view soft-news programs and outlets.

has kept its soft-news supremacy, proudly beating "Today" to the story of a sexy Paris Hilton ad for a hamburger chain.

Studies by the Global Media Monitoring Project, begun in 1995, found women reporters more likely to be assigned soft-news stories about entertainment, arts, and culture.

In recent years many experimental newscasts and talk shows — usually with a soft-news bent — have popped up on some local stations in an effort to attract younger viewers.

HLN, the soft-news sister of CNN, will add a talk show next year hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky, the celebrity doctor who has a suite of rehabilitation reality shows on VH1.