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[[Sister Trope]] to [[Leno Device]], which uses a talk show or other nonfiction entertainment, rather than a straight news program. Subtrope of [[As Himself]] and [[The Cameo]]. Not to be confused with [[Kent Brockman News]], though it can certainly take that role.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* In ''[[Oh God Book II]]'', [[Twenty Twenty (TV)|Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters]] appear to discuss Tracy's "Think God" campaign.
* [[Chris Matthews]] is the primary newsman in ''[[Man of the Year]]''
* Jules Asner and Steve Kmetko from E! News Daily show up in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', where Jules gets to read a cleaned-up version of Jay's [[Cluster F
{{quote| "Once we get to Hollywood and find those Miramax "expletive-deleted" who are making the Bluntman and Chronic movie, we're gonna make 'em eat our "expletive-deleted", then "expletive-deleted", which is made up of our "expletive-deleted", then eat their "expletive-deleted", which is made up of our "expletive-deleted" that we made 'em eat. [[Quote Swear Unquote|Unquote.]]"}}
* ''[[It Happened Here]]''. A chilling version occurs in this [[Alternate History]] film about a Nazi-occupied Britain, where veteran wartime BBC radio announcers Alvar Lidell and John Snagge give their voice to fascist propaganda [[Newsreel|newsreels]].
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