Shifting Speech
Terence Smith examines the truncated, telegraphic delivery employed by some of today's TV news reporters. (8/24/01)

Robert Hager
The NBC News correspondent examines how the new "TV-speak" affects how reporters tell a story.

Tom Phillips
The former writer and editor for The CBS Evening News discusses the shift in broadcast language over the past three decades.

Shepard Smith
The Fox News Channel anchor discusses the new brisk, conversational on-air style on his program.

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