Original sentence: Coverage of this contretemps appeared in a wide variety of large-scale news media outlets.McMillan coined the phrase "The Libranos" (a play on "liberal" and "Sopranos") to refer to the Liberal Party of Canada in light of the Sponsorship scandal; it is currently a popular term in the Canadian right-wing blogosphere
Edited sentence: McMillan coined the phrase "The Libranos" (a play on "liberal" and "Sopranos") to refer to the Liberal Party of Canada in light of the sponsorship scandal