Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment

Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by sethammons on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:33PM (#23317228)

This was the first video that popped into my head after watching the video from TFA. I've seen similar ones in the past for talking points against political candidates and such. One that sticks out was "gravitas", a word parroted by media everywhere during an election cycle some years ago. This is a big part of why I avoid "news" anymore.

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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by WalterBright on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:58PM (#23317440)

"optics" entered the news vernacular very recently, now everyone uses it.

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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:05PM (#23318660)

This one drives me nuts when the Sunday morning bobble heads toss the wrong word around when they want to use "perception".

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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by SilasX on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @12:05AM (#23319290)

>when they want to use "perception".

Or "PR". I'd hear "doing that would make for bad optics" where I'd previously "... for bad PR". It irritates me for some reason.

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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by catalogia on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:58PM (#23318942)

'Optics' implies objectivity while 'perception' implies subjectivity. It makes them sound more authoritative.

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