We've all seen the lights fade and the news reader collate the shuffled pages on the desk in front of them as the news finishes. It adds a realistic flavour to the show, a physical dimensions which is otherwise completely forgotten in the television experience. Moreover it adds a strong professionalism, portraying the clean, efficient and even ruthless facet to the news and its presentation.
However, we also all know that news readers actually read the information off a screen in front of them and those seemingly important pages are in fact blank. Yet we don't care because it looks good and realistic...
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