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Phil Donahue was not a news anchor. What makes this case different is that this is scripted material posing as real local news as part of basic cable package. M
by SonicSoul 9y ago
Phil Donahue was not a news anchor. What makes this case different is that this is scripted material posing as real local news as part of basic cable package. Most people will not treat this as crafted message from a corporation, but actual news.
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- wu-ikkyu 9y agoIsn't most corporate cable news a scripted message read from a teleprompter?
- maxerickson 9y agoNational anchors clearly have a boss that they listen to, but they also pretty clearly have a pretty large amount of editorial control over their shows.
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago>they also pretty clearly have a pretty large amount of editorial control over their shows. The case of Phil Donahue indicates otherwise.
- macintux 9y agoWhich, again: Phil Donahue was not a news anchor.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoDid he discuss news and current events on a television show? If so he can be called a news anchor, or a news presenter. Why are you stressing the semantics if not only to euphemize? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_presenter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_presenter
- ModernMech 9y agoIt might be due to Fox News getting out of a lawsuit by claiming what they broadcast isn't news but entertainment (at least in the prime time slots)
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoDo you have a source for this? After googling "fox news entertainment lawsuit" it appears this may be a myth https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-skews/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-skews/
- maxerickson 9y agoI think the Phil Donahue case fits just fine with what I said. They didn't have any way to control what he was gonna say other than canceling his show.