on message
idiom
: saying things that agree with the official position of a political group or party
The President wants everyone to be/get back on message when giving interviews.
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In that regard, coming from the razor sharp elbows of New York state politics, Zenia Mucha kept Bob Iger on message and put the fear into the heart of many a journalist during her 2005 to 2021 reign at Disney.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 June 2024
And to be clear, that this has evolved and changed over time, but what QAnon began as is essentially a conspiracy theory that was built up around a series of anonymous posts that appeared on message boards, first on 4chan and then on a message board called 8kun.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
Fi was tech-savvy at an early age, too, documenting her discoveries on a website and relying on message boards and strangers for info.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
Using the alias, Berman also posted fake messages about the biotech firm to investors on message boards to gin up enthusiasm and artificially pump up the company’s stock price.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
Across social media and on message boards — and indeed, even before the internet, royal-watchers have gathered to discuss who’s doing what, who’s on the outs, and whose secrets are the juiciest.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Among the one-liners percolating on message boards: Will UCLA have enough players left to field a team?
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
Five months into her tenure, with the Covid public health emergency officially over, the C.D.C.’s new leader is relentlessly on message.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Whether writing best-selling books, speaking at Occupy Wall Street, being arrested at an anti-pipeline protest or campaigning for Bernie Sanders, Klein has remained indefatigable and on message.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 June 2024
And to be clear, that this has evolved and changed over time, but what QAnon began as is essentially a conspiracy theory that was built up around a series of anonymous posts that appeared on message boards, first on 4chan and then on a message board called 8kun.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
Fi was tech-savvy at an early age, too, documenting her discoveries on a website and relying on message boards and strangers for info.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
Using the alias, Berman also posted fake messages about the biotech firm to investors on message boards to gin up enthusiasm and artificially pump up the company’s stock price.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
Across social media and on message boards — and indeed, even before the internet, royal-watchers have gathered to discuss who’s doing what, who’s on the outs, and whose secrets are the juiciest.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Among the one-liners percolating on message boards: Will UCLA have enough players left to field a team?
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
Five months into her tenure, with the Covid public health emergency officially over, the C.D.C.’s new leader is relentlessly on message.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Whether writing best-selling books, speaking at Occupy Wall Street, being arrested at an anti-pipeline protest or campaigning for Bernie Sanders, Klein has remained indefatigable and on message.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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