broadcasttell
/ˈbrɔːdkɑːstˌtɛl/nounVerified NewThe reading of a regime's true condition from whether state media maintains its routine programming.
Cartoons on schedule mean confidence; a sudden diet of documentaries and solemn music means the opposite. Citizens and embassies read the schedule like a gauge.
Etym. — broadcast + tell; tell in the poker sense — the involuntary signal that everyone watches for.
Rel. — braidmolt
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