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{{trope}}
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▲The [[Intrepid Reporter]]'s boss. Gruff and authoritarian, frequently a [[Cigar Chomper]], often seen with his jacket off and his sleeves rolled up. Is fond of both shouting at his reporters over any conceivable pretext and [[Papa Wolf|passionately defending them]] (and the newspaper) from any threats to the freedom of the press.
Has a lot of overlap in personality and plot function with [[Da Chief]] (but if he's Perry White, don't call him "Chief"!).
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== Comic Books ==
* Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet, in ''[[Superman]]'' and its numerous spin-offs and adaptations in various media.
* J. Jonah Jameson, editor of the Daily Bugle, in ''[[Spider-Man]]'' and its spin-offs and adaptations in various media. A grouchy [[Mean Boss]] no matter what the adaptation, cigar chomping included.
** Technically, in core continuity, he is now{{when}} the Bugle's publisher and editor-in-chief, with his friend and business partner (and very often [[Straight Man]]) Joe Robertson being editor, but even so, Jonah fits the trope far more than Robertson.
* Mitchell "[[Catch Phrase|Where's my fucking column]]" Royce in ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'', City Editor of The Word. Slightly unusual in that he heads a section rather than being Editor In Chief. Throughout the series, he tries to be called "Two-Fisted Editor"; for most of the story, it's just kind of pathetic... and then comes the chapter ''named'' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Two-Fisted Editor"]].
* Virtually all of Vic Sage's bosses in ''[[The Question]]''.
* Despite technically being based on [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
== Film ==
▲* Henry Connell, in the [[Frank Capra]] film ''[[Meet John Doe (Film)|Meet John Doe]]''.
* Identified [[No Name Given|only as "Chief"]] in ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''.
* Smith Keen from ''The Pelican Brief''.
* Ben Bradlee as portrayed in ''[[All the
* Walter Burns in ''[[His Girl Friday]]''.
* Ben in ''[[Monster in
* Oliver Stone in ''Nothing Sacred''.
== Literature ==
* Technically, William de Worde in ''[[Discworld]]'' books following ''[[
▲* Technically, William de Worde in ''[[Discworld]]'' books following ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Truth|The Truth]]'' should be this. In practice he refuses to give up being an [[Intrepid Reporter]] himself. And [[Word of God|as Pterry says]], since he ''invented'' journalism, who's going to tell him he's not supposed to?
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Tony Vincenzo, editor for the Independent News Service (a wire service), and Carl Kolchak's immediate boss in ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker]]''.
* Cameron Foster, editor of the Herald, in ''[[State of Play (TV series)|State of Play]]''.
* Donald Stern from [[Too Good to Last|the short lived]] ''The Chronicle''. Basically Perry White merged with Zed from ''[[Men in Black (
* Lou Grant, of ''[[
* Kat from ''[[Persons Unknown]]'' is a rare female example of this.
* Lynda Day from ''[[Press Gang]]''.
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== Video Games ==
* The Bonga Bugle editor in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics
▲* The Bonga Bugle editor in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Tactics a 2]]'' combines this with [[Miles Gloriosus]], bragging about his physical prowess but [[Escort Mission|frequently requiring your protection]]--then making himself out to be the hero in the resulting news reports.
** You at least get one mission where you can kick the asses of him and the even weaker owner of the paper should you get tired of those clowns.
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* Harold Harvey Henson in ''Ciem: The Human Centipede'', who's the station owner of Channel 26 in Dirbine. Subverted in that he's very [[The Pollyanna|wishy-washy and optimistic]], and treats his staff a lot more kindly than they deserve.
== Western Animation ==
* The director of the Channel 6 news team, Burne Thompson, in the '80s/'90s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
* The ''[[Captain Caveman and
▲* The director of the Channel 6 news team, Burne Thompson, in the '80s/'90s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon. His somewhat fluctuating attitude towards the Turtles and constant pestering of his underlings for news stories led to April occasionally being at odds with him.
▲* The ''[[Captain Caveman and The Teen Angels|Captain Caveman]]'' shorts on ''[[The Flintstones|The Flintstone]] Comedy Show'' featured Lou Granite, editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Granite''.
* Pablo plays this role in ''[[The Backyardigans]]'' episode "Front Page News!".
* Diamond Tiara in ''[[My Little Pony
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