This segment repeating thing. I see it on news sites all the time, so much so that I am starting to think it's done on purpose, but I can't imagine it does goo

This segment repeating thing. I see it on news sites all the time, so much so that I am starting to think it's done on purpose, but I can't imagine it does good things for SEO, there must be a penalty for repeat content (I would think)? Maybe it's just sloppy copy/pasting...