[Ads-l] catch and kill (n., v.)

[Mark Mandel]

Note also the middle-voice use of "oblige", in lieu of something like "be
obligated". Less significant but more amusing is the blend of "the McDougal
story" and "McDougal’s story", resulting in an apparent reference to the
head of the clan.

Mark Mandel


On Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 10:52 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> To pay for a story and then not run it.
>
> This expression has been in the news due to a story that the "National
> Enquirer” did such a thing with a story about Donald Trump.
>
> noun
>
...

>
> 6.
> http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-karen-mcdougal-affair-national-enquirer/
> <
> http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-karen-mcdougal-affair-national-enquirer/
> >
>
> But the Enquirer pulled what is known in the industry as a “catch and
> kill” on the story – buying the rights to *the McDougal’s story *forever
> without *obliging* to publish it, according to the Journal.
>

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