mediagenic

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Its 'mediagenic' Rhodes Scholar president has become a poster boy for COIN enthusiasts, including influential neo-conservatives who two weeks ago featured Nagl at the kick - off of their newest think-tank, the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI).

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  1. adjective Attractive as a subject for reporting by news media: "a minor leaguer of bumptious manner and mediagenic good looks” (Larry Martz).

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  • Sarah Palin is a brilliant political weapon: discriminatory, regressive policies in a palatable, mediagenic package, with a demonstrated ability to get off a zinger with the best of them. —  The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper
  • Far more common, and far less mediagenic, are scenarios like Mary's. —  LA Weekly | Complete Issue
  • Some trend-sucking assmunch at the newspaper of record deems ATF Garamond fashionable: The typeface, designed in 1919 by two Americans after a centuries-old style, has been sprouting on books with buzz by mediagenic young authors. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Its 'mediagenic' Rhodes Scholar president has become a poster boy for COIN enthusiasts, including influential neo-conservatives who two weeks ago featured Nagl at the kick - off of their newest think-tank, the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI). —  IPS Inter Press Service
  • The only reason the European parliament is even considering this proposal is that its monied, mediagenic proponents have used appeals to emotion and slick, expensive lobbying to keep it on the agenda. —  Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
 

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