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January 28, 2010

How To Put Together A TV News Package
— DrewM

It's based on the Brit model (the early walk and talk is more of Brit thing than the tradition middle of the package US stand up) but it's pretty much spot on for what you see on most news casts, local and national.

Thanks to "Ace of Spades" for the link (and "Dario" who apparently sent it to him).

Posted by: DrewM at 05:08 PM | Comments (41)
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1 It's like porn, but without the naked chicks. Or the viewers.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 28, 2010 05:11 PM (UBQGM)

2 I'd rather be talking about Kyl's latest pronouncement that the Dems are most certainly going nuclear on healthcare.

Posted by: tdpwells at January 28, 2010 05:11 PM (Ei3oZ)

3 No ewoks? No pudding? Amateurs!

Posted by: fluffy at January 28, 2010 05:12 PM (4Kl5M)

4 That was funny.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 28, 2010 05:14 PM (vVBnI)

5 Thanks to "Ace of Spades"

What kind of lame-ass name is that?

Posted by: Waterhouse at January 28, 2010 05:16 PM (MXP2z)

6 O/T: Jindal is kicking ass on Hannity.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 28, 2010 05:17 PM (vVBnI)

7 Isn't there a water skiing squirrel involved somehow?

Posted by: jcjimi at January 28, 2010 05:17 PM (XSikc)

8 Reminds me of ZeroPunctuation at The Escapist. (If you play computer games, drop everything NAO and google those terms.)

Posted by: Zimriel at January 28, 2010 05:19 PM (sVzRC)

9 Hey, if it's slow you can always steal shit for HA

Oh, I guess it IS slow.

Posted by: Kemp at January 28, 2010 05:20 PM (2+9Yx)

10 It's a shame Jindal comes off like a goofy nerd on tv. We the people love our flashy, shiny, empty headed celebrities-as-leaders. Exhibit A: Barky.

Posted by: Jane D'oh! at January 28, 2010 05:20 PM (UOM48)

11 None of you people have heard of Charlie Brooker before? Go Google some torrents of all his Newswipe episodes; they're all this bastardy and pretty much correct about how the news business is shit. There's something fully dippable in just about every episode. Keep an eye out for appearances by Barry Shitpeas. Also look for torrents of his Screenwipe show. It's about TV in general, and just as good.

Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 28, 2010 05:21 PM (HaGdt)

12 The news would be better if there were more lasers.

Posted by: alexthechick at January 28, 2010 05:21 PM (TtXKB)

13 That was full of win. Not up to The Onion, but pretty good.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 28, 2010 05:22 PM (554T5)

14 12 The news would be better if there were more lasers.
Posted by: alexthechick at January 28, 2010 09:21 PM

And squirrels. Water skiing. Being eaten by happy dogs swimming.

Posted by: jcjimi at January 28, 2010 05:22 PM (XSikc)

15 He just single handedly put Olby out of a job. Bastard took Olbys entire audience. Both of them.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at January 28, 2010 05:23 PM (r1h5M)

16 It would be a great parody if it wasn't absolutely fucking dead on true.

Posted by: Shtetl G at January 28, 2010 05:25 PM (Jal1D)

17 Monty Python did this many years ago, sort of.

Posted by: eman at January 28, 2010 05:25 PM (O/6OA)

18 Thanks! Now we'll be flooded with people who think "I can do that!".
I imagine Obama thought the same thing after seeing Clinton on TV.

Posted by: GarandFan at January 28, 2010 05:28 PM (ZQBnQ)

19 Well that's the retail presentation of the sausage-making. When will someone do the stockroom presentation of it... you know, the journalist poseurs teaming with political hacks dressed as editors filtering the appropriate Leni Riefenstahl issue and story to be put on the shelf?

Still, pretty funny piece coming from the BBC. Those Brits luvs their dry wit. Python and Black Adder fans sated.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 28, 2010 05:28 PM (swuwV)

OT: Hitler discovers the iPad

http://tinyurl.com/ycka7sj

Posted by: conscious thinks Obama is the Tiny Tim of Politics at January 28, 2010 05:29 PM (Vu6sl)

21 Following this model I bet you could take 4 or 5 news stories from this week and edit them into a single coherent story.

Posted by: eman at January 28, 2010 05:32 PM (O/6OA)

22 This video seems familiar to me...

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 28, 2010 05:33 PM (MNxpu)

23 . . . ignoring all the pricks milling about him like he's gliding through the fucking Matrix.

Posted by: Z Ryan at January 28, 2010 05:34 PM (cMo6P)

24 Moron alert: The Obama Girl not fond of Obama. On Hannity.

Posted by: Jane D'oh! at January 28, 2010 05:37 PM (UOM48)

25 I don't get it. ??

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at January 28, 2010 05:37 PM (JZa9d)

26 Jindal is really a wonk. He could probably give Obama a few good ideas on reforming health care in America, lowering costs, increasing supply, tearing down market barriers, and inducing a more competitive market.

But he can't get a meeting with Obama. Andy Stern can get 52 of them.

Posted by: WTFCI at January 28, 2010 05:39 PM (EbpbH)

27 I wish that I had the wit and command of the English language as a Brit.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 28, 2010 05:39 PM (MNxpu)

28 The entire thing was taped inside Contessa Brewer.

Posted by: eman at January 28, 2010 05:40 PM (O/6OA)

29 The larch.

Posted by: eman at January 28, 2010 05:42 PM (O/6OA)

30 For accuracy, the reporter needs to wear an Obama campaign button.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 28, 2010 05:44 PM (ehLtp)

31 He left out the hour in prep fixing your hair.

Posted by: nickless at January 28, 2010 05:48 PM (MMC8r)

32 Why I wouldn't become a Freemason now if you went down on your lousy stinking knees and begged me!

Posted by: 48%er at January 28, 2010 05:59 PM (QOE7k)

33 None of you people have heard of Charlie Brooker before?

I'm a fan of current British comedy, and Charlie Brooker is hilarious. First saw him on a panel show (Buzzcocks or Have I got news for you), but dl'ed Screenwipe, which was brilliant. Newswipe has been good, too -- I'll put him on my short list with people like David Mitchell and Stephen Fry in terms of "if he's on, I won't switch it off."

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at January 28, 2010 06:15 PM (1bLKF)

34 Monty Python did this many years ago, sort of.

Whicker's World

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at January 28, 2010 06:18 PM (1bLKF)

35 The Hitler iPad thing was the funny!

Posted by: ParisParamus at January 28, 2010 07:54 PM (s2TC6)

36 Looked like just about every CNN report I've ever seen. For even more authenticity, you just go back to the studio with the reporter, "live," where in the three seconds prior to commercial, they talk about how much they learned over the whole episode.

Posted by: JamesLee at January 28, 2010 09:58 PM (fxd2m)

37 Irish guy (is he Irish?) guy at 1:01: I don't want some punter's opinion usually... no! made me larf. I needed a larf.

Posted by: Grognerd at January 29, 2010 03:54 AM (UP2fa)

38 FDL

Posted by: Neo at January 29, 2010 05:32 AM (tE8FB)

Irish guy (is he Irish?) guy at 1:01

He's Scottish.

Posted by: jic at January 29, 2010 06:38 AM (DzQ8N)

40 Fucking billiant!

Posted by: Biff Baxter at January 29, 2010 08:14 AM (zmX+X)

41 16 I will never view the news the same again.
Posted by: sTevo at January 28, 2010 09:25 PM (eA3tl)

I don't think we ever will.

I bet you could take bits of various movies and make a coherent breaking news story.

Posted by: Smokey Behr at January 29, 2010 01:33 PM (QyeW7)

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