Rip-and-reader
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rip-and-reader is a noun meaning (broadcasting, slang, derogatory) A newsreader or station that delivers the news in a formulaic, uninspired manner.
Meaning
(broadcasting, slang, derogatory) A newsreader or station that delivers the news in a formulaic, uninspired manner.
Example Sentences
News director Griff Potter says he wants “a journalist, not a rip-and-reader. Someone who understands that highlights, runs, and errors are boring television.”
In between the all-news stations and the rip-and-readers are a substantial number of stations which sometimes have one or two newsmen and which try to do a respectable job with a limited budget.
Leave the rip-and-readers to the tender mercies of the Associated Press. Major market radio and television stations are another matter entirely. Their news interests and requirements are similar to those of newspapers.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include radiobroadcaster, screenreader, radiobroadcast, ripper, reportour, reader.
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