The question is pertinent after what I saw on Monday's 6 PM newscast. 

It actually started at the tail end of the 5:30 National News, when they ran reporter Sean Lethong's kicker (the last feel good story of a newscast) about the Blue Jays winning the A.L. East crown. A perfectly fine way to go out. 

Anchor Sandie Rinaldo said goodnight and CFTO instantly ran their own local news intro. The lead: the Blue Jays victory. They then threw to Lethong again for a live hit and he introed the same piece viewers had just seen less than 30 secs. earlier. So viewers saw the exact same story twice in two minutes. 

But it didn't end there. At least those were two different shows. A few minutes later in the local 6, the anchors threw to a clip of Mayor Olivia Chow complaining about a lack of funding to house refugees. That was followed by a throw to reporter Beth Macdonell, who introduced her own report on the same subject. 

And yep, sure enough, that exact same 30 sec. Chow clip viewers had just seen turned up in that story, as well. 

Preparing for a newscast is a busy time. But there's no reason for the same material to be repeated within seconds of each other not once but twice. It does not help their credibility. 

They need to talk to each other better to figure out how not to let this happen again.