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Journalism & Media vocabulary · Interviews and Quotes

No comment

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

phraseCore term

In journalism & media, no comment means: A phrase people use when they refuse to answer a journalist's question or give any opinion on a subject.

In Turkish: yorum yok, açıklama yapmıyorum

How it is used

In news writing it is usually reported with set phrases: declined to comment, did not respond to a request for comment, could not be reached for comment. Reporters should show they gave the person a fair chance to reply.

Example sentences

  1. When we asked about the missing funds, the director said 'no comment' and closed the door.

  2. The club declined to comment on the transfer rumours.

Common collocations

  • say no comment
  • decline to comment
  • request for comment
  • could not be reached for comment
  • statementAn official announcement, written or spoken, in which a person or organisation gives information or their position on something.
  • spokespersonA person whose job is to speak to the media on behalf of an organisation, company, government body or public figure.
  • right of replyThe chance, or in some countries the legal right, for a person or organisation criticised in the media to answer the claims made about them.
  • quoteThe exact words that someone said or wrote, repeated in a story inside quotation marks; as a verb, to repeat someone's words and say who said them.

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