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The Looking Glass: Inside TV News

Over 60 percent of all Americans get their news from television, yet most know little about the process of electronic news gathering. In this documentary, we visit the throbbing heart of a television newsroom to provide the backdrop for a behind-the-scenes look at how television newscasts are created. A news director makes a story decision, while reporters and editors argue over story content and edits. Reporters, editors, and news directors bemoan the limitations of trying to present accurate news stories in one-minute sound bites. Criticism of television news as being sensationalized to garner higher viewer ratings is addressed by a television news executive. In a final segment, a reporter tracks down a story, conducts interviews, writes the script, and delivers the news on the nightly broadcast. (60 minutes)



 
    

Item#: BVL7167
Copyright date: ©1996
VHS ISBN 978-0-89113-492-3
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-3855-2




     
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