The British press.[After Fleet Street in London, where many British newspapers used to be published.]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=fleet+street
"Pecker on Wednesday named a new editor in chief to lead that overhaul: Fleet Street veteran Paul Field."
Christina Hoag; National Enquirer Moves Operations to the Big Apple; Miami Herald; Feb 17, 2005."Cut to the Premier League footballer, telling Fleet Street that he's no hooligan, as slow-motion replays from 19 angles reveal him gobbing in the ref's eye."
Tom Eaton: A New Dictionary of Received Ideas; Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa); Mar 4, 2005.
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