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In movies and TV, the primary method for showing that something has become the news item of the moment is to have somebody flick through the channels on TV and find that every single channel is covering the same story simultaneously. To make things more convenient, sometimes every time they switch channels they find a new aspect of the story being covered, so that this random succession of sound bites adds up to a fairly cohesive television article. For example, Bob the jewel thief watches the news triumphantly: Bob switches channels. Bob switches again. Examples of News Monopoly include:

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  • In movies and TV, the primary method for showing that something has become the news item of the moment is to have somebody flick through the channels on TV and find that every single channel is covering the same story simultaneously. To make things more convenient, sometimes every time they switch channels they find a new aspect of the story being covered, so that this random succession of sound bites adds up to a fairly cohesive television article. For example, Bob the jewel thief watches the news triumphantly: Bob switches channels. Bob switches again. Examples of News Monopoly include:
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  • In movies and TV, the primary method for showing that something has become the news item of the moment is to have somebody flick through the channels on TV and find that every single channel is covering the same story simultaneously. To make things more convenient, sometimes every time they switch channels they find a new aspect of the story being covered, so that this random succession of sound bites adds up to a fairly cohesive television article. For example, Bob the jewel thief watches the news triumphantly: Bob switches channels. Bob switches again. And so forth. It's sometimes parodied by having him turn to a channel that normally wouldn't have the news - a Japanese news channel, or MTV - and yet it's still talking about it. Expect a news-phobic Apathetic Citizen to stop flipping immediately if they do manage to find anything else on. Makes varying degrees of sense; when the story is about, say, a nuclear threat on the White House, you'd expect nothing less. But when it's something like a chimp loose on the freeway, it starts to get dubious. And even if it is important, flipping through channels never gives repeat information, even though it's highly unlikely that each broadcast started at the exact same time and covered all the points in the exact same order. Plus eventually you have to get to some shopping channel or college/school billboard or public access channel which would never break their format (or even have the ability) to report anything at all. Nevermind the fact that the various news channels are watching each other's broadcasts, and therefore information on breaking developments doesn't stay exclusive for long. This trope has for all intents and purposes replaced the Spinning Paper montage, which in movies of the thirties, forties and fifties was used to this effect by having the story appear as the front page of every major newspaper. See also Coincidental Broadcast, Worst News Judgment Ever, or Your Television Hates You for the non-news version. The basic idea is Truth in Television. Examples of News Monopoly include:
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