news reporting in a style that mimics entertainment (or sometimes sports) reporting - often involving flashy graphics, individual theme
music for particular stories/topics, and a general eagerness that makes the
cynic within all of us suspect that news directors secretly yearn for disasters on a grand scale* - also, news stories that are heralded by promotional soundbites earlier in a day/
evening'
s programming that could have been quite informative but instead are frustratingly lacking in information and designed not to inform on the topic at
hand but merely to tease in regard to the upcoming broadcast and, presumably, increase viewership
*this is now so prevalent that it is routinely spoofed on fake news shows and segments and the
joke is quite obvious