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alt. (context idiomatic English) To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it. vb. (context idiomatic English) To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.
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Kill the Messenger is a suspense thriller by author Tami Hoag. The hardcover edition of the novel was first published in July 2004. In March 2006 the book was released in mass market paperback. That same month the paperback edition rose to No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller List, No. 3 on the Top New Books List published in Canada's National Post, and No. 4 on the USA Today Best Seller List.
Kill The Messenger is a 2006 French documentary film about Sibel Edmonds. An English version of the film was produced in 2007 by SBS Australia.
The documentary focuses on both Ms. Edmonds's personal struggle to expose the criminality that she uncovered while at the FBI, and also the Sept. 11, 2001 tied 'secret' itself - the network of nuclear black-market, narcotics and illegal arms trafficking activities. Interviewees include David Rose, Philip Giraldi, Daniel Ellsberg, Coleen Rowley and Russell Tice.
Kill the Messenger may refer to:
- Shooting the messenger, a metaphoric phrase used to describe holding to blame the (blameless) bearer of bad news
- Kill the Messenger (2006 film), a French documentary film about Sibel Edmonds
- Kill the Messenger (novel), by Tami Hoag
- Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger, a stand-up comedy special by Chris Rock
- "Kill the Messenger", an episode of the American TV series Castle
- "Kill the Messenger", a song by Jack's Mannequin from Everything in Transit
- "Kill the Messenger", a song by Aesop Rock from Bazooka Tooth
- Kill the Messenger (Schou book), a nonfiction book by Nick Schou
- Kill the Messenger (2014 film), an American drama film based on Schou's book
- Kill the Messenger...Again, a nonfiction book by Bernard Ingham
- Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News (also known as Kill the Messenger), a poetry collection by Robert Kelly
- " Kill the Messenger" , an episode of NCIS
Kill the Messenger is a 2014 American crime thriller film directed by Michael Cuesta and written by Peter Landesman. It is based on the book of the same name by Nick Schou and the book Dark Alliance by Gary Webb which focuses on CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking. The film stars Jeremy Renner in his first film as a producer. The film was released on October 10, 2014.
Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb (New York: Nation Books, 2006) is a biography of investigative journalist Gary Webb, focusing on his 1996 " Dark Alliance" investigative series in the San Jose Mercury News. The series linked the 1980s' crack cocaine trade in the United States and the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras.
Kill the Messenger was adapted into a 2014 film by the same name.
Usage examples of "kill the messenger".
This is one instance where I probably should kill the messenger, if only to rid myself of his stupidity.
It was likely he would kill the messenger - especially when he heard the message.
He may kill the messenger, but at least he will think that she has escaped.
I have a feeling that he's afraid that they're inclined to kill the messenger.
Powerful people didn't like to be proven wrong and there was more than a little bit of a tendency to kill the messenger in the Russian government.