Le Show - News Segments

News Segments

The show features a number of recurring news segments, each referred to by Shearer as "a copyrighted feature of this broadcast". Currently many episodes include the following:

• Apologies of the Week (public apologies reported in the news)
• News From Outside the Bubble (News stories from international sources, usually the UK.)
• News of the Warm (Shearer reads news on Global warming)
• The Trades (Shearer reads items from trade magazines)

Other news features that recur less often on the program include:

• Burying the Lede (News stories with alarming tidbits buried down in the story)
• Clean, Safe, Too Cheap to Meter (News of safety issues in the nuclear power industry).
• F is for FEMA (News stories concerning the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - usually showcasing some aspect of incompetence - particularly focusing on the Hurricane Katrina aftermath)
• Found Object Department (Shearer plays audio from network feeds that was not intended to air)
• Let's Get Scared (Shearer reads news stories with frightening implications).
• Los Angeles Dog Trainer Corrections (Shearer reads the extensive and often unusual LA Times errata.)
• News from the Digital Wonderland (News items, usually negative, concerning the switch-over from analog to digital transmission systems)
• News of the Godly (News items relating to religion and evangelism)
• News of Inspectors General (News reports of the findings of U.S. Government Inspectors General)
• Tales of Airport Security (sent in by listeners)
• News of the Olympic Movement (news about Olympic snafus)
• News of News Corp. (Shearer updates the latest stories about the News Corporation scandal),

On the October 16, 2011 episode, Shearer renamed the segment News of Nice Corp. ". . . because its not anymore misleading than . . ."

• The Year in Rebuke (The last one or two shows of each year feature repeats of key news-related items, songs and sketches from that year).