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(New page: To '''spike''' a news story is to "kill" it by choosing not to run it. The metaphor refers to placing pieces of paper on a spike. Arnaud de Borchgave, former chief editor of ''[[The Wa...) |
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Revision as of 13:42, February 4, 2009
To spike a news story is to "kill" it by choosing not to run it. The metaphor refers to placing pieces of paper on a spike. Arnaud de Borchgave, former chief editor of The Washington Times, wrote a novel called The Spike in which spiking figures heavily.