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3 | ThisJustIn Index of tropes relating to news spotted at local 7-11! FilmAtEleven. |
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5 | !!News Tropes: |
6 | [[index]] |
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8 | '''Real-life info:''' |
9 | * TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks |
10 | * {{Journalists}} |
11 | * {{Newspapers}} |
12 | ] |
13 | * AdvertisingDisguisedAsNews: A news piece which is actually part of a thinly-veiled marketing campaign for some sort of product. |
14 | ** SelfPromotionDisguisedAsNews: TV news advertises another show that airs on the same channel. |
15 | * AlphabetNewsNetwork: TV news channels with acronym names (usually containing "NN" for "News Network"). |
16 | * AreWeGettingThis: A nearby news reporter or filming crew tries to videotape an unexpected, extraordinary event. |
17 | * BRoll: Illustrative footage inserted into real-time broadcasts that use Linear-Editing systems. |
18 | ** BRollRebus: Putting a short BRoll clip on loop. |
19 | * BreakingNewsInterruption: Real-life examples of TV broadcasts getting interrupted or pre-empted for a piece of breaking news. |
20 | * ChekhovsNews: An in-universe news story, the subject of which will soon become more directly relevant to the plot. |
21 | * CoincidentalBroadcast: A news broadcast conveniently warns or informs the character of something. |
22 | * ConfusedBystanderInterview |
23 | * CouldThisHappenToYou |
24 | * CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: A news report fails to get its information right so badly that people knowledgeable about the subject will immediately know that the information is wrong. |
25 | * {{Crawl}}: Text scrolling at the bottom of the screen to reveal news not being currently talked about by the anchors. |
26 | * CurrentEventsBlog: Online news sites in {{blog}} format. |
27 | * DaEditor: The chief editor of a newspaper. |
28 | * TheDailyMisinformer: A disreputable news source that serves as an obstacle in the plot. |
29 | * {{Dateline}}: The location, date, and sometimes the source of a news story. |
30 | * DeadlineNews: A journalist gets killed or otherwise harmed while reporting live news, often by whatever disaster they're talking about. |
31 | * DelusionsOfLocalGrandeur: Newsreaders believe they are local celebrities due to their jobs. |
32 | * EmergencyBroadcast: A TV broadcast which suddenly appears to warn of news regarding an ongoing threat to public safety. |
33 | * EndangeringNewsBroadcast |
34 | * ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt |
35 | * FilmAtEleven |
36 | * FriendInThePress: A journalist who is a close ally of the detective. |
37 | * ForeignCorrespondent: A journalist works in another country besides their own. |
38 | * GonzoJournalism |
39 | * HumanInterestStory |
40 | * IfItBleedsItLeads: News about death and violence are guaranteed to rise to the top of the headlines. |
41 | * IgnoredVitalNewsReports |
42 | * ImmoralJournalist: A sleazy, dishonest journalist who has no qualms with screwing over other people to get their news pieces published (such as by writing defamatory fake news). |
43 | ** {{Paparazzi}}: Photographers who make a living by taking photos of celebrities having their privacy invaded, and then selling them to tabloid news media. |
44 | * InformationWantsToBeFree |
45 | * IntrepidReporter: An adventurous journalist who actively searches for news stories to get a personal insight on them. |
46 | ** TagalongReporter: A journalist who follows the hero around to report on their adventures. |
47 | * KentBrockmanNews: An in-universe TV news show which appears to report on some plot-relevant events. |
48 | * LearnedFromTheNews |
49 | * LocalAngle |
50 | * LuridTalesOfDoom |
51 | * MediaScaremongering: The news media knows that publishing negative stories about how everything is going to shit will attract attention from readers and viewers. |
52 | * MediaScrum |
53 | * MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome |
54 | * NewsBroadcast |
55 | * NewscasterCameo |
56 | * NewsMonopoly |
57 | * NewspaperBackstory: News articles used as exposition for in-universe lore. |
58 | * NewsParody: Satirical publications which typically feature fictional news stories. |
59 | ** ClickbaitGag: Spoofing online news articles or videos with sensationalized headlines. |
60 | ** ShallowNewsSiteSatire: A parody of alternative news blog sites like Website/BuzzFeed. |
61 | * {{Newsreel}}: Before the rise of television, it was common to see news reports in the format of films played at movie theaters. |
62 | * OldMediaPlayingCatchUp: Releasing outside the net takes longer. |
63 | * OnlyInAmerica |
64 | * OnlyInFlorida: News reports of bizarre incidents happening in Florida. |
65 | * PhotoshopFilterOfEvil |
66 | * PoliticalCartoons: Print cartoons and comic strips, often associated with newspaper editorials, which satirically comment on current events. |
67 | * PompousPoliticalPundit: A [[StrawCharacter very smug commentator]] who is the host of (or a frequent guest on) a very politically biased news program or talk show. |
68 | * PracticalVoiceOver |
69 | * PressHat |
70 | * PrimeTimeNews |
71 | * QuoteMine |
72 | * {{Scandalgate}}: News media often gives political scandals names ending with the suffix "-gate", in reference to the Watergate scandal. |
73 | * SchoolNewspaperNewshound |
74 | * SelectiveStupidity: Cherry-picking a survey's responses to make a certain demographic look stupid. |
75 | * SmarmyHost: A vain {{slimeball}} of a show's host. |
76 | * SpinningPaper: A spinning newspaper shows up and stops to reveal a headline relevant to what's happening in the plot. |
77 | * StrawmanNewsMedia: Journalism is portrayed as a corrupt industry that indoctrinates people with biased propaganda which serves particular corporate/political interests. |
78 | * TabloidMelodrama |
79 | * TalkShow: An unscripted TV show in which the host invites guests to talk about various subjects, including (but not limited to) current events and political news. |
80 | * ThisJustIn |
81 | * VoiceOfTheResistance |
82 | * VoxPops |
83 | * WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties |
84 | * WeInterruptThisProgram: A program gets interrupted for a piece of breaking news. |
85 | * WittyBanter |
86 | * WorstNewsJudgmentEver: An unimportant news story somehow becomes the front-page header. |
87 | * YetAnotherBabyPanda |
88 | [[/index]] |
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