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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]] |
| 7 | [floatboxright: |
| 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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