Definition of "Pravda"
Pravda
proper noun
The official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and successor papers.
Quotations
These figures indicate that there must have been considerable wastage in the past; indeed Pravda said that “no deviation from these standards is to be permitted, however slight, and it is the duty of Party workers in factories to exercise their rights of supervision to eliminate waste.”
1949 April, John Baker White, “How's Business in Russia?”, in The Atlantic
noun
plural Pravdas
(derogatory) A newspaper or other media channel seen as untrustworthy and biased towards its owners or the establishment.
Quotations
The fundamental purpose of the Government in introducing this measure, and in turning their three kept newspapers — the three Pravdas of Fianna Fail — to the propaganda campaign, is to wipe out the Labour Party, Clann na Talmhan, Clann na Poblachta and the Independents.
1959, Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil, Parliamentary debates; official report