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rip-and-reader

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Source Word

rip-and-reader

derogatory slang

(broadcasting, slang, derogatory) A newsreader or station that delivers the news in a formulaic, uninspired manner.

Japanese Meaning

定型化された、感情のこもらないニュースキャスター（または放送局） / 決まり文句的な、画一的で活気のないニュース伝達者（またはニュース放送局）

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After months of cost-cutting, the regional channel became a rip-and-reader, repeating press statements verbatim with no context.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

数か月にわたる経費削減の結果、その地方局はワンパターンなニュース放送になり、記者発表の文をそのまま繰り返すだけになった。

Sense（1）

(broadcasting, slang, derogatory) A newsreader or station that delivers the news in a formulaic, uninspired manner.

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.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

rip-and-readers

（ plural ）

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