Thursday, 16 September 2010

WHY News: The Tabloid Newspaper Newsroom

Another WHY? News sketch and this time we visit the newsroom of a tabloid newspaper.

Int. An office for a tabloid newspaper. Three journalists are lazing around, bored out of their minds, checking their phones and emails waiting for some news to happen.

Journalist 1: Right, this approach isn’t working, let’s force the issue.

Journalist 2: You mean lie?

Journalist 1: No, I mean let’s force the issue and fabricate a story. Right, I’ll start…..Tom Cruise…

Journalist 1 looks at Journalist 2 with hope, making encouraging hand gestures. Journalist 2 hesitates but slowly realises what is expected of him.

Journalist 2: …caught by wife…?

Journalist 1 and 2 look at Journalist 3 full of hope. He thinks for a moment.

Journalist 3: …buying porn off Amazon?

Journalist 1 and 2 slam their hands down on the desk in triumph and cheer in delight.

Journalist 1: Yes, let’s run that one, that’ll do.

Journalist 2: it’s quite a good one actually.

Journalist 3: For once.

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