sound bite

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sound bite (plural sound bites)

  1. (journalism, television) An extract from a speech or interview used as edited into a news or other broadcast; an interview clip, especially seen as particularly expressive or pithy.
    Synonym: sound cut
  2. (often derogatory) A one-liner deliberately produced for this purpose; a statement specifically intended to be punchy and memorable.
    • 2006 December 30, Neil MacFarquhar, “Saddam Hussein, Defiant Dictator Who Ruled Iraq With Violence and Fear, Dies”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      The ground offensive against Iraq ended after 100 hours, partly out of concern that American troops not occupy an Arab capital, partly because Arab allies feared the disintegration of Iraq and partly because a “100-hour war” made a good sound bite.
    • 2009 February 22, Maureen Dowd, “Dark Dark Dark”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
      President Obama disdains sound bites, and he does not have Bill Clinton’s talent for reducing the abstruse to aperçus.
    • 2013 October 31, Rowena Mason, “Lord Steel criticises culture of spin and tweeting in modern politics”, in The Guardian[4], →ISSN:
      However, he bemoaned the era of rehearsed soundbites and "Prime Minister's Insult Time", which he said have diminished parliament.
  3. Synonym of sound clip

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