With his own paper, Pulitzer developed his role as a champion of the common man, featuring exposés and a hard-hitting populist approach.

Instead of choosing the brutal and hard-hitting approach to metal like most of their contemporaries, Focus takes an experimental stance to music.

But those who expect a hard-hitting approach may be disappointed.

By the 1990s, many stations had adopted a more hard-hitting approach to branding, resulting in a reduced demand for traditional promotion campaigns.

Critics praised Going For Broke for its realistic and hard-hitting approach.

A hard-hitting approach can be self-defeating when it hurts and alienates the population: in this case, Muslims across the world.

These moves are clear indications of a 'hard-hitting' approach to the problem.

And we like Don's enthusiasm and hard-hitting approach.

Murrow's hard-hitting approach to the news, however, cost him influence in the world of television.

So much for a hard-hitting approach to the new world of media voyeurism.