backgrounder
- n a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues
- A Kosovo Primer A backgrounder on the Balkan conflict How It Came To War Last summer, in response to the Kosovo Liberation Army's guerrilla .
- By the Washington rules on a "backgrounder," reporters may report what was said without direct attribution to the public official who said it.
- After the Bay of Pigs, Ted Sorensen, John Kennedy's counsel, gave a backgrounder to newsmen pointing out that the operation had begun under Eisenhower and was carried out by .