These news magazine shows are not what they used to be, so some of you youngsters may not fully appreciate it, but this video is truly pitch perfect.
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This is good. What is exceptional is how well it translates to the US.Report
I think there is a standard template for TV news in all English speaking countries. Probably more cars in America and Australia than the UK, Ireland, Canada, and New Zealand though.Report
I’ve seen this “report” hundreds of times. It’s almost as if they are following a script……Report
The very last local news show I watched, many, many years ago, had a segment about a potential AIDS vaccine. It followed this script almost exactly, including stock footage of a chem lab and mai-in-the-street interviews asking what people thought about a vaccine (consensus: good thing.)Report
I do think the news could use more lighthouse keepers being decapitated by laser beams.Report
In the PNW, it would be a Bobo being mauled by a bear or a sea lion.Report
Oh, that’s good too!Report
After trying to pet it.Report
And claiming that they are one with nature, or that they are imbued with an animal spirit.Report