From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhard newshard newsnews stories that are about serious subjects or events TV news programs seem to be more interested in gossip than in hard news. → hard
Examples from the Corpus
hard news• The hard news about this interview aired on Monday.• Little hard news has come out of the world's biggest advertising group since it put the division on the block.• You said that you've become identified, almost trapped as a hard news or political photographer.• Or will the business plan pressures for the hard news sections be solely on the side of generating readership?• Its editorial integrity ought to be unassailable, at least in its hard news sections. 