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That time I caught a local news station recycling old outrage footage
I used to trust local news clips were from that day, until I saw the same "angry mom at a school board meeting" clip air three times in two years with different dates in the corner. Found out the station was just pulling old B-roll of someone yelling about a completely different issue to stir up fake drama. Has anyone else noticed these stations reusing the same crowd shots or interviews to manufacture outrage?
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baker.christopher16d ago
Used to roll my eyes at people who said local news was lazy... then I saw the same "screaming dad at a zoning meeting" clip used for three completely different stories over two years and it changed my mind completely.
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jordan_henderson1316d ago
Does anyone actually keep receipts on this stuff, or do we just let them keep recycling the same grumpy dad in the background for every budget debate? I swear I saw the same "furious taxpayer" waving a sign about school bathrooms get repurposed for a story about road construction funding six months later. Was that really the same clipboard he had? Because that clipboard looks awfully clean for someone supposedly so outraged about potholes.
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