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- noun An
incident that is not ascandal .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, for good measure, she's working the Rezko nonscandal exactly the same way the VRWC worked Whitewater; working on the national MSM's innate cynicism, insinuating that the failure of the local media to find any actual dirt in the story is in itself a troubling and suspicious circumstance.
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If anyone assumes there will ever be an "end" to this nonscandal, now that Hillary's given it life, they are fooling themselves.
Hillary Spokesperson: Obama-Rezko Story Should "Set Off Alarm Bells In Newsrooms Across America" 2009
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They concocted this whole nonscandal event by suggesting Edwards is only talking about Clinton when he answers a question about only Clinton.
Hillary Spokesperson: "She Will Of Course Support Dem Nominee" 2009
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Yeah, that's certainly the way it worked with their investigation of the Whitewater nonscandal.
Hillary Spokesperson: Obama-Rezko Story Should "Set Off Alarm Bells In Newsrooms Across America" 2009
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This nonscandal seemed to fade into the mists after it hastened the departure of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Within a week of citizen-journalist bloggers 'establishing this as a nonscandal, it was left to humor site The Onion to put a fine point on the absurdity of the accusations.
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Within a week of citizen-journalist bloggers establishing this as a nonscandal, it was left to the humor site The Onion to put a fine point on the absurdity of the accusations.
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But all the nonsignifying sound and fury over the nonscandal underlines one theme of this primary cycle: the extreme caution of Democratic campaigning, which has turned the Democratic party into a virtual assembly line of conservative political impulses.
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FRED BARNES, FOX NEWS: Well, I call this a nonscandal scandal.
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Drudge is boring the hell out of me with his interest in the "American Idol" scandal/nonscandal.
Drudge-Abdul mania. Ann Althouse 2005
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