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Isn't most corporate cable news a scripted message read from a teleprompter?

• maxerickson 9y ago
  National 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 ago
      Which, again: Phil Donahue was not a news anchor.
      • wu-ikkyu 9y ago
        Did 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 ago
          It 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 ago
            Do 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 ago
      I 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.