leader of the pack mentality

I often get a kick out the stock phrases that news media often rely on when presenting a story.

Years ago there was "The Troubled Space Station Mir", which the media used with such frequency, one might think it was the official name.

Another instance was Yassir Arafat's "Battered Compound in Ramallah".

I've recently noticed another one... "disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff".

If you Google that exact phrase, you get about 156,000 search hits.

It's a grain! It's a dog! It's both: http://www.users.interport.net/b/e/bendesky/events/kasha/kasha.html