[Karellen]

Most news anchors don't just wing it though, except in the rare case of live breaking news. The vast majority of the time they read a prepared script off a teleprompter, which is written by - you guessed it - writers. Sometimes the anchors are also the writers, and sometimes they don't always stick 100% to the script, but whoever wrote it and whether it was followed aside, there is a script. I don't see why news channels couldn't publish it alongside the video - it would be useful for hearing-impaired audience at least.

[dylan604]

scripts and news articles are not the formatted the same. you wishing something was so just because it was convenient to you does not mean it is magically simple to do. posting news articles is not the wheel house of an MSNBC. they are an organization centered around delivering a video news feed. when all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail