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I was thinking about how the only good special effect they have on
the news is that blue screen, and they always waste that on the
weather forecast. If the reporters can pretend to be anywhere with a
blue screen, why don't they just act out the current events stories for
us?
Broadcast journalism
is already trying to be more entertainment than
news, its about time they took things to the next level. Broadcast
journalists are already good with winging it, and fibbing with a
straight face, and I imagine most of them had aspirations for acting
before they told the news.
News stories could be put on the teleprompter, and acted out by the
reporters improv-style. Surely the story wouldnt end up being
completely accurate, but it would give you the gist, and if you were
interest in learning more one could always refer back to the
newspaper...
Brant, the Physical Cartoonist
http://www.youtube....watch?v=pCPRqmMsKYI
Like this episode of The Day Today, from the 90's? [zen_tom, Jan 27 2009]
The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/
An entertaining "news" site [Vernon, Jan 28 2009]
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Three murders tonight. We're going to need more interns tomorrow. |
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Maybe not for the main news bulletin, but it could still make a current affairs program more watchable than many. It might be difficult to do many stories in a respectful way <imagines people sticking both arms out and 'flying' into other people on Sept 11>. I can see a vast improvement for local news - miming rescuing a cat from a tree is at least slightly more interesting than talking about it. |
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Dont they do this every day on The Daily Show? Or at least pretend to be somewhere they are quite clearly not. |
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I dont actually understand why they have to be 'on the scene'. The people outside the courtroom or wherever often have less information than those in the news office reading the wire. |
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That's why television news is stupid and radio news is almost always better. |
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Something like this was a bit on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" - except the guy in front of the screen didn't know what was showing, and had to try to guess based on the reactions of the "anchors" -- but it could be kinda fun: |
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"Here I am in Gaza - wow! I almost got knocked down by the shrapnel from that day care center!" |
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HAMAS - Hiding Among Mosques And Schools |
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