The rhetorical structure of a cable news story

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10 Comments

  1. John said,

    March 10, 2010 @ 8:50 pm

    Topical! The rhetorical structure of an Academy Award-winning movie's trailer was just posted a couple days ago:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0

  2. Alex said,

    March 10, 2010 @ 8:59 pm

    That's great, but it looks like an approximate replication of the much better Charlie Brooker's Newswipe.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHun58mz3vI

  3. Faith said,

    March 11, 2010 @ 1:52 am

    I am fond of The Digested Read, a weekly book review, written in the style of the book under review. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/digestedread

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    March 11, 2010 @ 12:20 pm

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  7. Lane said,

    March 11, 2010 @ 12:40 pm

    This seems to be a trend; Andrew Sullivan posted the parodied-BBC version of this not long ago…

    If only there was more of this:
    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14c37_no-news-bbc-parody_creation

  8. The Rhetoric of Cable TV News | Rhetorica said,

    March 11, 2010 @ 9:35 pm

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  9. Evan Harper said,

    March 13, 2010 @ 3:38 pm

    Also see 'Charlie Brooker's Newswipe' on 'How to Report the News:'

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4

  10. Sili said,

    March 14, 2010 @ 2:33 pm

    Thanks for reminding me why I get all my news from teh blahgs. (Though it did make my votes in the last election and referendum fairly blind.)

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