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Hot take: news channels should leave the little goofs in instead of hiding them
My sister works the morning desk at a station in Tampa and she said they got a note last week telling them to edit out every small mistake, like when an anchor said the wrong city name twice in 20 seconds. I get why they do it, nobody wants to look sloppy on air. But here is where I land on the other side. Those tiny trips and wrong names are the only part of a broadcast that still feels live and real anymore, and clipping them out makes the anchors look like robots reading a script. My sister thinks a clean show gets more trust from viewers, and she might be right. So which is it, does hiding the goofs make a station look more pro, or does leaving them in make it feel more human? Real answers only, I keep going back and forth.
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ramirez.vera21d ago
I once said "good morning Baltimore" while sitting in a studio in Phoenix, so I am the last person who should give advice on this. That said, the clean version is what most viewers say they want, but its also why nobody under 40 watches local news anymore. My take is both sides are sort of right. Editing out the small stuff gets you a smooth show that people trust and then forget about. Leaving one or two goofs in makes the anchor a person instead of a teleprompter reader, and those clips are the only reason the station ever trends online. Your sister is right about the trust part and wrong about the rest. Let the bad ones go, keep the funny ones, and everybody wins.
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