blind item

English

Noun

blind item (plural blind items)

1. A news story in which the identities of the persons involved are not revealed.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 435:

     Judy came from a different era, when blind items stayed blind and you could control the story.

Further reading

• blind item on Wikipedia.Wikipedia