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List all the major componants of a news report.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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)

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.

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.

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 ?

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.

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?

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'