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court of public opinion

noun

Definitions

  1. The news media and the public at large, seen as being able to deliver a judgement on…

    The news media and the public at large, seen as being able to deliver a judgement on someone in the manner of a judge.

    • In the court of public opinion, the burden of proof clearly rests on the side of the Government to show that Microsoft has done anything illegal.
    • I had been acquitted in a court of law, but sentenced to life by the court of public opinion as, if not a killer, then at least a slut, or a nutcase, or a tabloid celebrity.

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