"In Depth, but Shallowly"

Dave Barry is the only humor writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. If you want to take your mind off the troubles of the real world, you should check out this list that's based on his parody of local TV news shows.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 3's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Media in a Democracy, Daily Me, The Newspaper Is Dying, Facebook Photos Sting, Abolish high school football, Facing Consequences, Time to raise the bar, New Michigan Graduation Requirements, Why I Hate Cell Phones, Editorial Cartoons, Let's Hear It for the Cheerleaders, Girl Moved to Tears, In Depth, but Shallowly, Advice to Youth, The War Prayer, Gambling in Schools, How to Poison the Earth
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  1. personality
    someone of considerable prominence
    On local TV news shows, news means anything that you can take a picture of, especially if a local TV News Personality can stand in front of it.
  2. fond
    having a strong preference or liking for
    This is why they are so fond of accidents, burning buildings, and crowds: these are good for standing in front of.
  3. involve
    connect closely
    If you want to get a local TV news show to do a story on the budget, your best best is to involve it in a car crash.
  4. various
    considered individually
    And now, as I promised earlier, we have actual color film of various objects that either burned or crashed, which we will project on the screen behind me while I talk about them.
  5. exhaustive
    performed comprehensively and completely
    And now we go to my Co-Anchorperson, Stella Snape, for a Special Report on her exhaustive three-week investigation into the problem of child abuse in the three-county area.
  6. subdued
    not brilliant or glaring
    Here you see some actual color film of me standing in front of a house. Most of your child abuse occurs in houses. Note that I am wearing subdued colors.
  7. consecutive
    in regular succession without gaps
    Our next story is from Minority-Group Reporter James Edwards, who, as he has for the last 324 consecutive broadcasts, spent the day in the minority-group sector of the three-county area finding out what minorities think.
  8. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
    Well, things weren't nearly as bright on the sports scene, were they Genial Sports Personality Jim Johnson?
  9. intend
    have in mind as a purpose
    I intended to have actual color film of me interviewing the coach after the game, but the team bus crashed and everyone was killed.
  10. version
    an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
    Well, that wraps up tonight's version of the On-the-Spot Action Eyewitness News.
Created on Sat Nov 15 15:47:41 EST 2014 (updated Sun Nov 16 00:35:20 EST 2014)

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