Lexicon News is indeed a strange universe.
Welcome to the second night of the final edition of Lexicon News. Last night saw Seven go back to a old habit to try and condense a first segment down so it could fit. What is the plan tonight we ask?
Now onto the ground rules.
The Ground Rules:
Now onto 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 five 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.
Tonight's tale...
Corporal Edit Suite (Don't drop the tapes!).
Stuff that aired in the regional Queensland cut is underlined.
SEGMENT 1: Iran War, live cross Tel Aviv, live cross Washington, US response, Canberra inc. Canadian PM visit, Canberra wrap, live cross London, Middle East travel explainer, Tingalpa shooting, live cross Tingalpa.
Segment 1 length in Brisbane, 17min even.
SEGMENT 2: Mackay arson attack, GC murder inquest (with a plug for DV Connect), Live cross to Mt Coot-tha concerning blood moon.
Segment 2 length in Brisbane: 3min 15 secs.
SEGMENT 3: Hate speech laws hit parliament, Clinton deposition, Savannah Guthrie mother kidnapping update, petrol panic/inflation, Hugh Whitfeld explainer (much like last night)
Segment 3 length in Brisbane: 6min 25secs
SEGMENT 4: Business wrap, blood supply update, Kyle and Jackie O axing by ARN, aged care crisis, koala street fight, Oxford university cancer study (focusing on vegetarians).
Segment 4 length in Brisbane: 4min 20secs.
Overall pre-sport length in Brisbane: 31min even.
Overall edit for regional Queensland viewers: 11min 25secs
Overall content lexiconed from tonight by Seven from the Brisbane 6pm news for regional viewers: 19min 35secs.
The amount of lexiconed content this week so far by Seven: 39min 30secs: A full three minutes more than at Survey 2, in 2023.
Seven knows showing times is dirty pool... so it decided to cut out significant parts of segment one (inc. three live crosses) just so the Tingalpa shooting could make the cut for regional viewers, while again back to old habits, this time shunting a state political story deep into segment 3, where they know it won't air outside the SE corner.
Well, that's it for Night 2 of the last time for Lexicon News.
See you again, tomorrow night.
Although, I've got word that there are red and white straws somewhere on the march... (most likely looking for milk) for "hump day" no less.
A reminder of our socials:
Tonight's tale...
Corporal Edit Suite (Don't drop the tapes!).
Stuff that aired in the regional Queensland cut is underlined.
SEGMENT 1: Iran War, live cross Tel Aviv, live cross Washington, US response, Canberra inc. Canadian PM visit, Canberra wrap, live cross London, Middle East travel explainer, Tingalpa shooting, live cross Tingalpa.
Segment 1 length in Brisbane, 17min even.
SEGMENT 2: Mackay arson attack, GC murder inquest (with a plug for DV Connect), Live cross to Mt Coot-tha concerning blood moon.
Segment 2 length in Brisbane: 3min 15 secs.
SEGMENT 3: Hate speech laws hit parliament, Clinton deposition, Savannah Guthrie mother kidnapping update, petrol panic/inflation, Hugh Whitfeld explainer (much like last night)
Segment 3 length in Brisbane: 6min 25secs
SEGMENT 4: Business wrap, blood supply update, Kyle and Jackie O axing by ARN, aged care crisis, koala street fight, Oxford university cancer study (focusing on vegetarians).
Segment 4 length in Brisbane: 4min 20secs.
Overall pre-sport length in Brisbane: 31min even.
Overall edit for regional Queensland viewers: 11min 25secs
Overall content lexiconed from tonight by Seven from the Brisbane 6pm news for regional viewers: 19min 35secs.
The amount of lexiconed content this week so far by Seven: 39min 30secs: A full three minutes more than at Survey 2, in 2023.
Seven knows showing times is dirty pool... so it decided to cut out significant parts of segment one (inc. three live crosses) just so the Tingalpa shooting could make the cut for regional viewers, while again back to old habits, this time shunting a state political story deep into segment 3, where they know it won't air outside the SE corner.
Well, that's it for Night 2 of the last time for Lexicon News.
See you again, tomorrow night.
Although, I've got word that there are red and white straws somewhere on the march... (most likely looking for milk) for "hump day" no less.
A reminder of our socials:
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