| In fact, in this case he was backgrounding journalists in the full knowledge of his departmental minders and masters. |
| The magazine has a good article backgrounding a politician's use of internet networking. |
| I still cringe at the memory of a gag I made on a policy while backgrounding a journalist before an interview that was turned into a very barbed question for my boss. |
| It would have been better with more scene-setting, backgrounding and introduction of the personalities. |
| This long campaign of leaking, backgrounding and sabotage would be legitimised. |
