Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tinterillos pagos

English translation:

paid attack dog journalist

Added to glossary by Thomas Walker
Aug 26, 2016 00:22
7 yrs ago
Spanish term

tinterillos pagos

Spanish to English Other Government / Politics Current affairs
This is from an opinion piece in a Panamanian newspaper, about the Republican hate campaign against Hillary Clinton.
The term "tinterillos" occurs twice, in two successive sentences; in the first, with "pagos", but in the second without it.
Here is the context in which it occurs:
"No creo que en la historia de Estados Unidos (EU) se haya gastado más tiempo y dinero con el objeto de desprestigiar a una figura política, como se ha hecho con Hillary Clinton. Hace 25 años que dirigentes del Partido Republicano, con sus ***tinterillos pagos***, desataron una campaña de odio contra la esposa de Bill Clinton. Dicha campaña comenzó a inicios de 1990 con ***tinterillos*** como R. Emmett Tyrell, Jr., quien ha escrito incontables artículos y cuatro libros contra la pareja Clinton."
I have come up with "paid shysters" & "paid mouthpieces", but I'm not very enthusiastic about either of those alternatives.
Any other (hopefully better) ideas?
Thanks very much in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
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Proposed translations

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paid attack dog journalist

An attack dog in politics is usually anyone other than the candidate who attacks the other side.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/at...

https://struggleforthepresidency.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/jo...
Sep 21, 2012 - However, the recent influx of attack dog journalism has resulted in less investigative reporting and a misguided definition of news, both of which ...
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agree lugoben
19 hrs
thank you, lugoben
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, biged - When I read "attack dog" in your answer, it just rang true for me, denotation, connotation & register."

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paid penpusher

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Or perhaps you're a highly paid penpusher. I don't know. I leave the assumptions to the little army of ...

Sep 3, 2015 - ... highly-paid penpusher has popped his head over the parapet to say: “Lessons have been learned.

Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree lorenab23 : :-) great option
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Thank you, Lorena!
agree MPGS : :-)
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Thank you, MPGS!
agree franglish
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Thank you, franglish!
agree Eduardo Ramos
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Thank you, Eduardo!
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