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Local News Anchor Feels Pain from Afar

Posted by michael on from the brrrr dept.

In times when Clear Channel makes up "local news" reports from central studios and broadcasts them over radio stations around the country, it's worth asking the question: when does it cross the line into deception?

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  1. what?? by Dreadlord · · Score: 3, Funny

    a /. story with only one link?
    Hasn't hell frozen over yet? :)

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    1. Re:what?? by prockcore · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hasn't hell frozen over yet? :)

      Yes it has. I'm reporting live from hell, and I can tell you that it's might cold out there! Brr!

  2. Great family guy moment... by shiafu · · Score: 5, Funny
    Tom Tucker: In other news, an accident caused the Quahog cable television transmitter to be knocked out, which will prevent broadcasting to the entire city. Actually, no can hear this, so it doesn't really matter what I say. I'm the lord Jesus Christ. I think I'm going to get drunk and beat up some hookers. How about you, Diane?

    Diane Simmons: Well, Tom, I just plain don't like black people.

    Director: Uh, guys, we're still on in Boston.

  3. This story is total bullshit by defile · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course he's in Boston during his broadcasts. I saw it on TV.

  4. At least ... by mistert2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    it is not India....yet.

  5. Re:No Clear Channel stations mentioned in story... by Bryan+Gividen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everybody's doing it. Which is why it is also okay to do drugs, jump of cliffs, and buy Windows XP.

  6. I can't believe it! This must be stopped! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Clear Channel uses *real people* in their broadcasts?!

  7. Re:Not quite relevant by S.Lemmon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually they both probally hire out from the same "Rent-a-Rally" service.

  8. Re:No Clear Channel stations mentioned in story... by c1ay · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure they are. Look at Darl McBride, not once has he informed us that he's reporting from the asylum. He still found a mountain of code, copied line by line from Unixware and he has the Linux developers trapped in their tanks retreating from the battle. What difference does it make where he says it from, he's still a nutcase either way.

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  9. Re:What my Mom Taught me by HeghmoH · · Score: 2, Funny

    "My name is John Deaux, and my presentation tonight will be a little forced, because I've been constipated for a week...."

    What makes your version something that must be said and mine something that must not be said? (Of course, you may think that my version is something that should also be said, but I think most listeners/viewers would disagree.)

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  10. Re:An Excellent Example by Gojira+Shipi-Taro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only if they hit him with the tree branch ;)

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  11. Re:Does it really matter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, it doesn't really matter. It's only Boston. If it were a major city, one might be able to get a little upset.

  12. Re:An Excellent Example by cryptor3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only if he's talking to Drew Carey and he has to guess where he is. And then only if he gets a thousand points for doing it.

  13. Re:Outsourcing by evilviper · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's reminds me of how Indian phone center workers are sometimes trained in different regional US accents to create the illusion that they're local to the US customer.

    That's nothing... It's the naming thing that gets to me. Just a few weeks ago I was talking to a phone-support person with a deep, scratchy voice. The name given was (no joke) "Emily".

    What was just as funny, was hearing "Emily" freeze for about 15 seconds when I asked for her to spell it. :-)
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  14. Re:An Excellent Example by rustycage · · Score: 2, Funny

    That brings up an important question I had. Is the TV weatherman actually hovering horizontally over the continental United States during the forecast or is the weather report just more "Hollywood Magic"? Makes you wonder...

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  15. Re:No Clear Channel stations mentioned in story... by router · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure the news broadcaster industry will be up in arms when the radio networks outsource their broadcasts to India tho. Don't they see the handwriting on the wall?

    andy

  16. Re:An Excellent Example by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Cokie Roberts tried something similar (putting on a coat and reporting in front of a blue sceen

    Bill Gates also reported in front of a blue screen, once.

    Sorry; couldn't resist :)

  17. Re:No Clear Channel stations mentioned in story... by madmancarman · · Score: 2, Funny
    Everybody's doing it. Which is why it is also okay to do drugs, jump of cliffs, and buy Windows XP.

    I think you've got the order wrong. First you buy XP, then you do drugs to counter the effects, and finally jump off a cliff to end it all.

    Wait... you'd have to be on drugs to buy Windows XP, so it must be: drugs -> XP -> cliff.

    ...unless your injuries from previously jumping off a cliff required that you take pain-killing drugs, and while reeling from their effects...

    It's all circular, really.

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