新しん聞ぶん学がく問もん

noun

knowledge gained from newspapers; information acquired from newspapers

Refers to the kind of practical, current-events knowledge one picks up by reading newspapers, often with a nuance of being broad but perhaps shallow.

• 彼かれの知ち識しきは新しん聞ぶん学がく問もんに過すぎない。

  His knowledge is nothing more than what he's picked up from newspapers.

• 新しん聞ぶん学がく問もんだけでは深ふかい理り解かいは得えられない。

  You can't gain deep understanding from newspaper knowledge alone.