What the actual fuck?

They're all reading an AP story. Sadly, studies done on this show that 85% of ALL news stories are simply rehashed stories, or PR releases. Barely 10% is actually news.

Alright, I'm confused, is this christmas or ground hogs day?

Yes, we get it. Local news runs AP stories.

It's hardly news, and it's just lazy comedy.

It's not so much lazy comedy as it is a poignant statement on Scripted News, it shows even the banter on these shows is fake. Talentless clones, schlepping out a script. It's not news, it's fully scripted TV programming. These guys are not journalists, they're actors toting a script just like on any other TV comedy or drama.
It's clips like these that let us see the absurdity of it all. It lets you know that these genuine news personalities, are in fact not genuine at all.
And why does this network want you to not feel guilty if you shop for yourself at Christmas? Consumerism propaganda. Plain and simple.

Agreed, TV news is awful, but it was presented here as comedy, and for me, it just went on long after it stopped being funny.

I started out thinking the same thing but about half way through I started paying attention to the little ways each talking head tried to personalize their delivery with different inflections and slight word changes. After that it became train wreck fascinating.

Fine, I admit it, I bought an Automated News-Script Publishing and Distribution Machine for myself for Christmas a little early this year.

Sorry.

Damnit, wheres my original programming

I kinda saw it as being presented as comedy that becomes tragedy that becomes horror. Dark stuff. Sagemind hit the nail on the head for me. And thanks shatterdose, but I did know about the AP thing. I saw an earlier bit that was on the Daily Show or Conan (or both) on the sift that was a very similar view of the news as press release reading pod-clones. I was TFWO by that vid too.

But even though I know the apparent reason for why this content exists, in droves, my initial statement still stands: What, the actual, fuck?!!

It's ok, you can admit it -- YOU WANT US TO SPEND ALL OUR DAMN MONEY AND BE MINDLESS SLAVES.

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Or ten!

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Wow - the hive mind speaks.

not funny