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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by jjeaff on Thursday June 02, 2022 @07:43PM (#31602086)
Do you have some examples of that? I don't recall any broadcast or cable news having a backing track. Many use sounds and music to introduce a segment, but I don't think any are running music in the background of the regular broadcast.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by techdragon on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:22PM (#31603883)
I don’t have any clips off hand and really don’t want to subject myself to an unnecessary dose of US news media haha… You are right about it not normally being played behind the in studio talent, but you can pretty quickly notice the semi-permanent background track once you start using paying attention to how they construct a “packaged segment” that has been pre-recorded and pre-produced, ready to cut to from the in studio talent.

It’s way more obvious when it’s a wedge issue like gun rights, drug legalisation, abortion, or anything political.

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