Not entirely unrelated, there once was a time when the way to get news information was to be right there, at the source. Now, the way to get news information is

Not entirely unrelated, there once was a time when the way to get news information was to be right there, at the source. Now, the way to get news information is to have it delivered electronically directly to the newsroom. It can then be passed back to a reporter standing outside the building from which that news originated, who has no idea what's going on, to be fed the lines to say over an earpiece and repeat them back into camera. This is what happens.