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BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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This was actually picked up by Media Watch in Australia.

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BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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Poorly thought out layouts is always fun.

BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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Oh you need the context.
The newsrooms have decided to go on with computer controlled cameras. What could possibly go wrong?

There were similar issues in Australia a few years ago when the ABC decided to cut costs and use a system called Ignite.
Basically it gives five people's jobs to one, making for almost no way to speedily correct any errors as it's garbage in / garbage out and unless your news segments go exactly to script else you have to have a very deft hand to recover.

One major issue was with name supers (the titles of who's talking) coming up.
The system didn't respond well to having timed cues, so if something broke then everything would slide out of place. Or it would suffer from human error with names being put in the wrong order into the system.
Before this you would have a dedicated role for cuing vision, sound, operating cameras and fading in and out of supers.

But still some great bloopers come up.

BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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The NT news did do this:

BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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Collateral Damage posted:

Took me a moment to spot it, but :ughh:
We had something similar a few years ago. An MP had been arrested for illegal porn charges as part of a global sting. State laws prohibit the naming of anyone charged with such an offence so all footage of the accused was blurred out. Just only that the accused was wearing a bright blue shirt and was standing in front of a sandstone wall.

Also in the news was the annoucement of said MP annoucing his retirement while wearing a bright blue shirt and standing in front of a simlar sandstone wall, which many news outlets simply used the same footage, minus the blurring.

BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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Will this do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyUzl_VrumM

BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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Caught the end of the local news where they were highlighting a tuna tossing competition...basically throw a fish across a field or something. Which resulted in the rather fantastic super where the winner was dubbed "Champion Tosser"

BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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rodbeard posted:

Why are people buying sausage at a hardware store and why is it served on supermarket white bread?
Coz.
https://youtu.be/2dHQxNCIYUE

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BogDew
Jun 14, 2006

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Yowie lives on the land. Bunyip in the Murray a River.

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