The newscast opens with some footage of the recent turmoil. Katie Couric’s voice can be heard throughout the opening words as she briefs the audience on Elizabeth Taylor’s death. Following this brief overview, Couric continues to relay other basic information on the four remaining important stories of the day. At the end of this preview, Couric begins elaborating on the Elizabeth Taylor story opening with a metaphorical quote that symbolizes the actresses’ status and the effect her death has had: “If movie stars were American royalty, Elizabeth Taylor was Queen.” The leading news anchor then provides an account on the cause of death, as well as how some fans are reaching out to show their support and remember the charismatic star. Some short clips of Taylors acting throughout the years are shown on the screen while Katie Couric provides a short timeline of Elizabeth Taylor’s acting career, unique achievements that set her apart from other actresses, ailments throughout her life, and love life. Viewers also see an individual commenter who aids Couric in relaying some of the details of the story, which eventually closes with a video clip of Elizabeth Taylor talking, and explaining her behavior (through her addictions, and other damaging factors that occurred in her life).
The news video primarily fails to mention their sources for the information, however, when showing video clips of Elizabeth’s work it displays a sub-note at the bottom which shows where the clip is from, and when it was aired. The first source mentioned was called “Person to Person” and was aired in 1957. In addition to this, there are several other clips mentioned including one from 1942 called “There’s One Born Every Minute”, as well as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” in 1966, and a clip of Taylor on the Tonight Show in 1992. Spectators watching this newscast are shown several clips of Elizabeth talking, as well as a film critic and historian who continuously comments on the situation, along with Couric.
The story was really informative and interesting. While some news stations may have provided the bare minimum and just explained the basic details of the celebrity’s death, this station chose to elaborate and inform viewers on the actress’ life and accomplishments. Thus, the newscast was very thorough. Despite the rather in-depth information provided on the story, it failed to mention any sources used to research for the newscast making it seem incomplete, and less credible then if they had provided their sources.
Good work.
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