rules of a nightly news report

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:02 pm

List all the major componants of a news report.

Neighbour who is concerned and shocked because it was such a quiet neighbourhood.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:05 pm

Neighbour - "the man/ family next door were friendly but tended to keep to themselves"

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:11 am

Pictures of people in those white forensics suits and masks coming in an out of a cordoned house/area.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:03 pm

A reporter or policeman using the word "alledged" a lot.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:09 pm

REporters standing in catastrophic weather conditions....just to show us catastrophic weather conditions.

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:21 pm

Cutting to a live report by a reporter "on location" standing in front of a dark building where something happened 8 or 12 hours before. That reporter essentially repeats what the anchors in the studio just said.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:34 pm

Notice people arent "suspects co-operating' anymore? Just those "helping police with their enquiries"

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:07 pm

Wandrin;1513780 wrote: Cutting to a live report by a reporter "on location" standing in front of a dark building where something happened 8 or 12 hours before. That reporter essentially repeats what the anchors in the studio just said.

It always looks more intriguing when there are still police and Emergency vehicles hanging around with lights flashing.

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:19 pm

LarsMac;1513790 wrote: It always looks more intriguing when there are still police and Emergency vehicles hanging around with lights flashing.

Agreed, or at least some police line tape they can point to.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:40 am

magentaflame;1513784 wrote: Notice people arent "suspects co-operating' anymore? Just those "helping police with their enquiries"

People aren't suspects anymore, instead they are persons of interest.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:37 pm

Standing in front of number 10, The White house, Times Square, Sidney Opera house, Taj Mahal............add your own tourist site.

I'm getting this now......bit slow me.

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:51 pm

magentaflame;1513778 wrote: REporters standing in catastrophic weather conditions....just to show us catastrophic weather conditions.

It bothers me a little bit that the weather reporters seem so happy that the weather is so bad. They are so enthusiastic about how bad it could get.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:45 pm

The police "would like to speak to ..........." you bet they would !!

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:24 pm

AnneBoleyn;1513801 wrote: People aren't suspects anymore, instead they are persons of interest.

Ha ha ha......thats so true.!

How universal is the speech of media becoming these days.? Its kinda funny (in a scary way)

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:29 pm

We have one news reader who crosses live to a reporter then tells the story posed as a question to the reporter, all is left for the reporter to say is "thats right, back to you in the studio"....i thought the news reader eould have been pulled up over it by now, but nope, he still does it.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:40 am

I am driven to distraction by the news people and their horrible grammar. Even on the national network News, these days, they make horrendous, and ridiculous grammar gaffes.

Cronkite and Murrow must be spinning in their graves.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:17 am

LarsMac;1513855 wrote: I am driven to distraction by the news people and their horrible grammar. Even on the national network News, these days, they make horrendous, and ridiculous grammar gaffes.

Cronkite and Murrow must be spinning in their graves.

Are you turning into Spot ?

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 5:40 pm

The generic photofit that bears no relation to the photo of the actual person that Police are keen to speak to.

You know, I think that could actually make for a good TV Game show. A panel has to put together a photofit of someone in the audience from vague descriptions, and the opposing panel has to identify the relevant audience member from the photofit.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:29 am

News reports of car accidents. you know when they say " the car was 'travelling at high speed' when it hit/collided etc....I'm no physicist but I can pretty much work that out by the scene they are showing.

And I'm always amazed that they are allowed to show a scene that's spread out over 500 metres...... that's someones loved one. Some things shouldn't be shown. Is it me or are the media becoming more intrusive in disaster situations?

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:32 am

LarsMac;1513855 wrote: I am driven to distraction by the news people and their horrible grammar. Even on the national network News, these days, they make horrendous, and ridiculous grammar gaffes.

Cronkite and Murrow must be spinning in their graves.

emphasis on syllables of certain words ...... I keep saying it's "con-trib-ute" not 'contra-bute'

it's 'ad-vert-ise-ment.' not 'adva-tise-ment'