negative aspect(s)

negative aspect(s)
   an unacceptable consequence
   The usage resurfaced when the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch objected to the publication by HarperCollins, one of his subsidiaries, of a book which he judged might have damaged his business interests in China:
    Bell, referring to the Patten book, scurried to reassure Disney that Murdoch 'has outlined to me the negative aspects of publication which I fully understand'. 'Outlining the negative aspects' is of course a recognized Murdochean euphemism for a threat of immediate execution. 'Fully understanding the negative aspects' is a euphemism for the execution itself. (Frank Johnson in Daily Telegraph, 28 February 1998 — Disney was an American Murdoch employee and Bell the head of HarperCollins. The editor of the London Times, also owned by Murdoch, showed his awareness of the negative aspects of the story, which he ignored, choosing for his front page a piece about the late Duke of Windsor's handkerchief)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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