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News broadcasts rely entirely on automated scrolling text

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That intense gaze of journalistic integrity is actually just a desperate attempt to read a moving screen without blinking. Broadcasters use advanced teleprompters placed directly over the camera lens, creating the artificial illusion of deep, personal eye contact while they mechanically recite a corporate script.

News broadcasts rely entirely on automated scrolling text
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