Local news:
10 minutes: roundup of the latest
gruesome murders, complete with close-up shots of the
body bag and
weeping widow.
5 minutes:
Local politics, speculation on who's bribing who
commercial
5 minutes:
weather (usually incorrect)
1 minute:
sports
8 minutes: touching
human interest piece that has absolutely nothing to do with anything even slightly
newsworthy
1 minute: teaser for the
national news
National news:
10 minutes:
The Top Story either a
war or a
disaster or a
political scandal
10 minutes:
cheerleading for whatever
war is in the
public eye that week (hint; whoever is winning is the
Bad Guy)
5 minutes:
Politics: gratuitous
Republican-bashing*
2 minutes:
Finance
3 minutes:
Special report, usually involving the
American Public being
screwed by a
major corporation or
the government
*I have no problem with a little republican bashing, but it shouldn't be done under the guise of "news"