Well, the AP provides the same fodder for papers and news outlets throughout the country.
Not sure why scripted dialog is surprising.
But yes, spoon-feeding goes on at mutiple levels.
Sound bites and specific wording—even if unusual and original—was trotted out for the last two years on the floor of the House and then by dozens of talk show hosts on a daily basis.
By far the most documented and obvious were CNN and MSNBC...litterally identical wording on many hundreds of occassions.
Spoon fed catch phrases galor!