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Newscasters Agree: A Christmas Present Or Two Or Ten Edition | CONAN on TBS

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What it is

A Conan segment compiling local news anchors who all read the same scripted copy during the holiday season. It highlights how homogenized local broadcast news has become.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Used as the go-to illustration of corporate-owned local newscasts reading identical scripts.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Conan O'Brien has some great segments on this”

    Conan segments showing local news outlets repeating scripts verbatim

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Topics: local news, scripted news, conan, sinclair, media ownership

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