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Arthur Sulzberger Jr. "comes off as a lightweight, as someone slightly out of his depth, whose dogged sincerity elicits not admiration so much as pity," writes— Romenesko
There's such a large group of local reporters to choose from that finding a hack or a lightweight isn't very hard, and they're hoping that it's easier to dazzle them with an "exclusive" than the national types.— Obsidian Wings
It has sometimes been read in the context of chick lit -- lightweight, a bit romantic, "Sex and the City" - type novels with pink covers ...— Salon
The media dismissed her as a lightweight (and too conservative).— United Conservatives of Virginia
But she's such a lightweight, they can't risk letting her answer a few questions.— rubber hose

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