bury the lead



bury the lead

In journalism, to open a news article with secondary or superfluous information, thus relegating the central premise (the lead, which usually occupies this position) to a later part. "Lead" in this sense is sometimes written as "lede." I usually just skim through articles in the newspaper, so it really annoys me when they bury the lead.
See also: bury, lead

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
'Uriy'el-Biblical Hebrew
HÓLmgeirr-Ancient Scandinavian
KÁLmÁN-Hungarian
Valeria[və'liəriə]
Miroslavmee-rah-SLAHF (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Janne (2)-Danish, Norwegian