新しん聞ぶん辞じ令れい

noun

press-reported appointment or dismissal (often premature or incorrect)

Refers to a personnel change reported by the media before official confirmation, especially when the report later proves wrong. Often used critically to imply the news was mere speculation.

• あの大だい臣じん交こう代たいの話はなしは結けっ局きょく、新しん聞ぶん辞じ令れいだった。

  That story about the minister's replacement turned out to be just press speculation.

• 新しん聞ぶん辞じ令れいに振ふり回まわされないように、公こう式しき発はっ表ぴょうを待まつべきだ。

  We should wait for the official announcement so we don't get misled by premature press reports.