hold the front page and send out a news bulletin

[harriet_yang]

Dear teachers,

I have a question about this sentence (from Cartwheeling in Thunderstorm by Katherine Rundell):

"Oh, for Christ's sake, Roslyn! It wasn't personal. I was just saying - hold the front page and send out a news bulletin! - school is a lonely place to be."

What does the underline part mean?

thanks a lot

[emsr2d2]

Dear teachers, Unnecessary. Just go straight in with your question.

I have a question about this sentence (from Cartwheeling in Thunderstorm by Katherine Rundell):

"Oh, for Christ's sake, Roslyn! It wasn't personal. I was just saying - hold the front page and send out a news bulletin! School is a lonely place to be."

What does the underlined part mean?

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Please note my corrections above.

The term is used in the newspaper industry. "Hold the front page" means "I have a great story. Don't put anything else on the front page of the paper because my story needs to go there". "Send out a news bulletin" is fairly self-explanatory, especically if you have already looked up "news bulletin".

In this context, it is used very sarcastically. The speaker is effectively saying "School is a lonely place. This is not news. This is nothing surprising." The underlined part would be said in a very sarcastic tone!