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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 31, 2017 10:16:50 GMT 10
I watched/recorded a bit of American TV last night and the one thing that astounded me was how colloquial and informal the presentation was. There's absolutely no way that comment about the "twin weatherman" would have been said on Australian or British TV. To the American members of our forum (or anyone who has good knowledge of American TV), is American news (e.g CBS News, FOX News) generally that informal or was it only informal, because it's a breakfast program?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 4, 2017 8:53:22 GMT 10
I believe because that was the mmood/ Possibly. Although, I have come across a few other American shows which are presented in that same manner, so it might not be because of it being a morning show.
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Post by rainbow on Nov 28, 2017 6:52:16 GMT 10
Honestly, as an American, this kind of does sound like something you'd hear on American News. I don't really watch the news a lot though (I kind of used to)
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 7, 2017 19:42:36 GMT 10
Honestly, as an American, this kind of does sound like something you'd hear on American News. I don't really watch the news a lot though (I kind of used to) No offence, but if that is the case, that's pretty bad. Considering that the news is serious and formal by nature, it's pretty bad that American news is presented that informally, in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 14:41:33 GMT 10
Local news/weather channels in Canada (and I'm sure the US as well) tend to be informal. They don't just report the news, but also do things like restaurant reviews and announce events etc. The news they talk about tends to be more light hearted or topical. Serious news programs are of course, more serious. Except in the US, they don't have news channels (except PBS), they have infotainment channels. 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 8, 2017 15:09:57 GMT 10
Local news/weather channels in Canada (and I'm sure the US as well) tend to be informal. They don't just report the news, but also do things like restaurant reviews and announce events etc. The news they talk about tends to be more light hearted or topical. Serious news programs are of course, more serious. Except in the US, they don't have news channels (except PBS), they have infotainment channels. That's interesting to hear! To be honest, I would have guessed that Canada would have been more formal and "serious" in their approach to news/weather channels. What do restaurant reviews have to do with the news anyway?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 8, 2017 15:17:14 GMT 10
In case anyone is interested, here are two examples of what British and Australian news is like. I thought it would be interesting to compare them with US/Canadian news and note the differences between them.  As you can see, they are quite different!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 15:56:06 GMT 10
That's interesting to hear! To be honest, I would have guessed that Canada would have been more formal and "serious" in their approach to news/weather channels. What do restaurant reviews have to do with the news anyway? Haha, it's local news, so they need something to fill up the time.  Comparing the BBC to local news isn't really fair. National news is more formal. This is CP24, local Toronto channel: www.cp24.com/nowThis is CBC News, from our public broadcaster
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 8, 2017 16:37:00 GMT 10
That's interesting to hear! To be honest, I would have guessed that Canada would have been more formal and "serious" in their approach to news/weather channels. What do restaurant reviews have to do with the news anyway? Haha, it's local news, so they need something to fill up the time. Comparing the BBC to local news isn't really fair. National news is more formal. Haha, I guess you're right. Although, our local news bulletins haven't had to resort to incorporating restaurant reviews... yet I had a bit of a look at the CP24 and CBC News bulletins. It's interesting that the CBC News bulletin has a strong focus on the newsreaders of the bulletin (i.e showing the three hosts during the opener of the bulletin). Our news bulletins (both local and national) aren't really focused on the news personalities of the bulletins. Also, CBC News bulletin is still less formal than our national bulletins. For instance, at 6:16 in the video when the newsreader says "consider this", our newsreaders would never say something like that before reporting on the details of a story.
In case you're interested, this is what the news bulletin from our public broadcaster (ABC) is like:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 16:49:54 GMT 10
I'd agree that Australia's public broadcasters have a very serious and formal approach to news but at the commercial networks (Seven and Nine's 6pm news bulletins in particular), the presenters have long been a major part of the news brand.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 8, 2017 17:39:54 GMT 10
I'd agree that Australia's public broadcasters have a very serious and formal approach to news but at the commercial networks (Seven and Nine's 6pm news bulletins in particular), the presenters have long been a major part of the news brand. I understand that, but I'd argue that even our commercial networks aren't as colloquial and informal as the US/Canadian news bulletins. There is a noticeable difference in the stylistic approach of the bulletins. In the CBC News bulletin Slowpoke shared, notice the strong emphasis on the presenters in the opener. What's even more intriguing, is the complete lack of news headlines in the opener itself. The media personalities seem to influence the entire context of the bulletins themselves, which seems to be a common trait in many American/Canadian news bulletins. While presenters are undeniably a major part of the news brands here in Australia, the news headlines (and the bulletin itself) ultimately take precedence over the presenters and the emphasis on the newsreaders is mostly reserved for promos. There's a very slim chance that a news opener in the form of CBC's would ever be adopted by any of our television news outlets.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2017 0:31:24 GMT 10
Haha, it's local news, so they need something to fill up the time. Comparing the BBC to local news isn't really fair. National news is more formal. Haha, I guess you're right. Although, our local news bulletins haven't had to resort to incorporating restaurant reviews... yet I had a bit of a look at the CP24 and CBC News bulletins. It's interesting that the CBC News bulletin has a strong focus on the newsreaders of the bulletin (i.e showing the three hosts during the opener of the bulletin). Our news bulletins (both local and national) aren't really focused on the news personalities of the bulletins. Also, CBC News bulletin is still less formal than our national bulletins. For instance, at 6:16 in the video when the newsreader says "consider this", our newsreaders would never say something like that before reporting on the details of a story.
In case you're interested, this is what the news bulletin from our public broadcaster (ABC) is like:
You're right that there's a lot of emphasis on the journalists. They're actually household names here (if you keep up with the news). I don't think "consider this" is all that informal though, I hear it too on French news (although that can be a bit conversational too sometimes). ABC looks similar to BBC.
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Post by tdog on Dec 9, 2017 16:31:44 GMT 10
Local news has it's informal times. Cable news gets pretty bad as well. There's yelling, name calling, even cursing at times.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 9:13:00 GMT 10
It's usually everybody thinking the news here is fake.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 26, 2018 9:24:03 GMT 10
It's usually everybody thinking the news here is fake. Hmm, you wouldn't be referring to a certain President would you? 
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