Analysis:
There is not much that can be said about this story, since it is clearly a self-promotional piece about a show that appears on their station. What is interesting is the insertion mid-way through the story about a teacher who takes her students to a production of American Idol as an educational opportunity. It is quite possible that is why it was inserted, to justify the story as something about educational opportunities.
Story:
FOX 17 News reader – Last night fans of Mario Vasquez were stunned to find out he quit the competition. Tonight Nikko Smith got a second chance to become the next America’s Idol.(clip of singer) He got that one more chance but he didn’t get any special treatment. Simon told Nikko he didn’t sound very good tonight. It takes a lot of work behind the scenes to make all the contestants look flawless and 32 high school production students went on a field trip to find out what exactly goes on backstage. Their teacher used to work in television and wanted to show the kids what the business is all about.
Teacher – Those who were interested or dissuaded from doing this, just have a much more realistic picture than when I went out there and started.
News reader – Another Idol finalist will say goodbye tomorrow. Find out who it is at 9 o’clock here on Fox 17.
Total Time – 50 seconds
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