Welcome, to the final night of Lexicon News 2.
The final night has arrived... of a tumultuous event, one where night one got rained out, and we ended up unexpectedly counting political news stories. So, before we hit the road, we say the following: will there be a trilogy of television news lexiconed to hell? You will find out for yourself, at the end of this post. Let's go over once more, the ground rules.
The Ground Rules:
The ground rules, for the Lexicon News event, are taken from a promo, in 1987: that compared Seven's second attempt at 1hr news in Brisbane, with Nine's 1/2hr product that became dominant at the exact same time.
As it described:
"If you are watching a half-hour news, take out the weather, sport, opening music, hello's and goodbyes and the commercials, and you could only get about 12 minutes of real news each night."
Thus the ground rules for the Lexicon News challenge are for four nights:
-Time the length of the bulletin, from the moment the first story intro begins at 6, to the time the throw to sport begins, on both bulletins.
-Write down every story on the 1hr version, and compare with the half hour version to see how much content is removed.
-Subtract the BNE timing from the regional timing to get the amount of time lost to regional QLD viewers each night by simply trimming the BTQ news bulletin.
-Ultimately: add up all the figures, and come up with a final set of numbers at the end of the week.
In addition, we will be tracking how many coverups of live cross timings (usually seen as giant "LIVE" graphics superimposed) are made by Seven on the 10 minute edit during this period.
And, one more thing. Enjoying Lexicon News 2? Come on over and buy the merchandise for this event over at our Redbubble store.
Also, we have now "something extra" on sale: our "Day 4" coffee mug and travel mug.
Another day, another chance for the ratings to tell the story. Seven in Brisbane, last night took the 6-7pm hour with 183,000 viewers over the hour, compared to Nine's paltry 142,000 (incidentally, the same figures Nine received for the 6-7pm hour in Brisbane... on August 16, 2019: I dare the folks at OzTam to fight the folks at archive.org, concerning old ratings data... I reckon the ratings provider may end up losing).
Another missed milestone in a station's life for QTQ: and resultingly getting punished for it, just as badly as they were when their 60th only got two minutes mention 24 months ago. Amanda Patterson: especially, as you are ex-Extra, look at why Seven's Sunday flashback segment still rates after 17 and a half years, and why Nine has not attempted to counter it, with their own, or make your heritage more visible
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With last night's loss by Nine, the game for this week is tied 2-2, with Friday set to make or break the first week of 2022.
Overall, we've seen a product that has lexiconed content that shouldn't have hit the cutting room floor this week. Imagine watching the piece tonight from Seven's George St team, if you haven't seen a piece on the integrity issues in parliament on Seven all week, like the regional QLD cut produced for three nights straight. The big ticket item about international tourism funding... buried in the third segment just because a heckler turned up at Kirra. We are still wondering how many takes for Blowers with the koala though.
The common thread still exists though from August last year:
But we leave with a song tied to night 4.
The final track, that ended Extra in 2009, will also end the Lexicon News sequel.
Also, we have now "something extra" on sale: our "Day 4" coffee mug and travel mug.
Another missed milestone in a station's life for QTQ: and resultingly getting punished for it, just as badly as they were when their 60th only got two minutes mention 24 months ago. Amanda Patterson: especially, as you are ex-Extra, look at why Seven's Sunday flashback segment still rates after 17 and a half years, and why Nine has not attempted to counter it, with their own, or make your heritage more visible
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With last night's loss by Nine, the game for this week is tied 2-2, with Friday set to make or break the first week of 2022.
Today, Friday Feburary 11 2022: has seen the federal cruise ship ban extended into April (potentially seeing the cruise industry being a huge factor in election advertising), more money thrown around by QLD at overseas airlines, and by Canberra concerning Paradise Dam near Bundaberg.
Now it's time for Lexicon News 2: Night 5.
Now, we have a chronological overview of the BTQ bulletin as it aired in Brisbane tonight, between the opener and sport. Stories shared with the regional cut, are marked in bold and red.
Opener, Kirra heckler at tourism press conference/COVID numbers, desk live cross concerning Novavax/ATAGI decision, School COVID reporting issues, Kallangur motel death, Live cross from Caboolture watchhouse (6:06), Ben Roberts-Smith court case (is Reason watching Apocalypse Now this weekend?), Live cross 6:09 at CBD police station concerning a police officer suspension, Archivist report released, AMA having issues with a trial of pharmacists doing some medical treatment, US Secretary of State visiting Australia, Winter Olympics story. (end of segment one)
(Start of segment two) Lady Musgrave rescue, R.A.T thefts in Oxenford, Royal COVID scare, US thin ice rescue (end of segment two)
(Start of segment three) QLD Tourism warchest (the reason why the press conference happened in Kirra), Coomera fire victim's friends respond, Koalas declared endangered in Queensland, New get fit initiatives. (end of segment 3)
(Start of segment four) Live cross about a stolen car 6:37, from the same location as the one done at 6:09, Andrew O'Keefe court case, Crane crash in a undisclosed location, Frozen at QPAC, new croc fossils at Winton. (intro to sport)
The timing in Brisbane added up to 30 minutes, 5 seconds.
The regional cut added up to 10 minutes, 25 seconds.
The amount of content Seven lexiconed out, of their Brisbane newshour in regional QLD tonight: 19 minutes, 40 seconds.
The amount of lexiconed content this (4 night) week by Seven: 79 minutes, 40 seconds.
The wrap.
Overall, this week was a challenge. Yet, had we recorded Monday's figures... we would have been two minutes off 2021 figures. The attempt at cutting live crosses out from the regional cut tonight to counter the coverups that we've seen all week is hilarious at best.
The wrap.
Overall, this week was a challenge. Yet, had we recorded Monday's figures... we would have been two minutes off 2021 figures. The attempt at cutting live crosses out from the regional cut tonight to counter the coverups that we've seen all week is hilarious at best.
Overall, we've seen a product that has lexiconed content that shouldn't have hit the cutting room floor this week. Imagine watching the piece tonight from Seven's George St team, if you haven't seen a piece on the integrity issues in parliament on Seven all week, like the regional QLD cut produced for three nights straight. The big ticket item about international tourism funding... buried in the third segment just because a heckler turned up at Kirra. We are still wondering how many takes for Blowers with the koala though.
The common thread still exists though from August last year:
The only window that is used by Seven for the regional cut is the first window: one that is often eighteen minutes in length.
-Anything worthwhile in later segments prior to 6:30 is simply ignored.
-The turnaround for Segment 1's editing is likely a mere 10 minutes, before it airs in regional Queensland.
And, it's something Seven should not be proud of... especially if these techniques arrive in regional NSW/VIC later this year. Time for Seven to choose a condensed national/state bulletin filmed for regional QLD like Prime did for their local news markets, instead of chopping up the Brisbane 6pm news's opening segment.
As we leave, Lexicon News 2: You'll ask... will there be a Lexicon News 3?
To borrow from the late Frank Warrick: "not in the short term."
"Can we roll Ubu now?"
Yes, we can.
And, it's something Seven should not be proud of... especially if these techniques arrive in regional NSW/VIC later this year. Time for Seven to choose a condensed national/state bulletin filmed for regional QLD like Prime did for their local news markets, instead of chopping up the Brisbane 6pm news's opening segment.
As we leave, Lexicon News 2: You'll ask... will there be a Lexicon News 3?
To borrow from the late Frank Warrick: "not in the short term."
"Can we roll Ubu now?"
Yes, we can.
(From Sage Antone on Youtube)
But we leave with a song tied to night 4.
The final track, that ended Extra in 2009, will also end the Lexicon News sequel.
"Proud", Heather Small (from Old School Tunes on Youtube)
