Category:News anchor

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A news anchor, also known as news presenter, is a person who presents news during a news program for instance on television. Below is a list with all comics where a news anchor is either shown speaking on the news or where "news anchor" is explicitly mentioned in xkcd. Click to expand for a more detailed explanation:


Explanation[edit]

On Wikipedia the primary term used is "News presenter", but various others redirect there. Randall has used the phrasing "news anchor" directly in 1086: Eyelash Wish Log, "news caster" in 727: Trade Expert and just "reporters" in 1368: One Of The. Another version of a news report could be with a reporter, reporting from the scene. Although that has been seen in some of these comics below, it is always with a news anchor talking to the reporter from the studio, otherwise it would not belong in this category.

Cueball became the most used character, with 10 comics, for presenting news reports after 2965: Chili Tornado Quake. But given that he is the most used character in general it should be noted that the much rarer used Blondie, seems to be the go to character for Randall when needing a news anchor, and with the latest comic with a news anchor, 2984: Asteroid News, Blondie once again tied Cueball for most times used as a News Anchor, also with 10.

List of presenters[edit]

Blondie[edit]

  1. 495: Secretary: Part 2
  2. 618: Asteroid
  3. 932: CIA
  4. 1600: MarketWatch
  5. 1607: Supreme Court
  6. 1699: Local News
  7. 1985: Meteorologist
  8. 2201: Foucault Pendulum
  9. 2304: Preprint
  10. 2984: Asteroid News

Cueball[edit]

  1. 727: Trade Expert
  2. 756: Public Opinion
  3. 944: Hurricane Names
  4. 957: Development
  5. 1302: Year in Review
  6. 1368: One Of The
  7. 1487: Tornado
  8. 1985: Meteorologist
  9. 2080: Cohort and Age Effects
  10. 2965: Chili Tornado Quake

Hairy[edit]

  1. 1111: Premiere
  2. 1295: New Study

Ponytail[edit]

  1. 558: 1000 Times
  2. 1391: Darkness