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media event

noun

a celebration, stunt, spectacle, or other activity carefully orchestrated to attract the attention of the news media.

media event

an event that is staged for or exploited by the mass media, whose attention lends it an apparent importance

First recorded in 1970–75

NBC had, perhaps self-aggrandizingly, referred to the 2016 Rio Olympics as “the most successful media event in history.”

From Time

The media event quickly descended into shouts from the crowd that were met with frustrated looks from public officials.

There may have been a slip in the English translation of his remarks at a media event.

Apple has scheduled a media event for Wednesday morning, inviting the press to "Come see our latest creation."

Knickerbocker SKD also happens to have another client—the Rev. Al Sharpton, with whom Kennedy just had a media-event lunch.

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