action news : Spreety TV Online Glossary
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action news n. A style of local television news
that originated in the US
during the 1970s as a variation on the eyewitness news format developed in
1968. Filmed reports from the field, a working newsroom (a news set showing
people working at desks in the background), and ad libbed banter between the news
anchors and reporters commonly differentiate action news from the more
traditional news format of a single anchor reading the news stories and
providing voice-overs for the filmed segments. The male-dominated action news
format of the 1970s was spoofed in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy (2004). Compare happy talk news.
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