orleans
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:05 PM
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What Constitutes "Breaking" News? |
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is news considered "breaking" after 2 hours? twelve? twenty four hours?
msnbc has "breaking" news alert about 4 dead, 30 missing, bridge collapse in Minneapolis
just curious as to what "breaking" means
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:06 PM
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1. It is apparently anything that they think will distract. . . . n/t |
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:06 PM
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2. MSNBC wants to keep us glued to the edge of our seats. nt |
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:06 PM
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3. Anything that is bleeding or about Britney, Paris or Linsdey is breaking ... |
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:07 PM
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4. Everything on cnn.com is considered "latest breaking," to them |
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Even if it's been online all day, and even if it's non-news like the latest comings and goings of this or that dubious celebrity.
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:07 PM
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They keep report the same stories under the "Breaking News" banner.
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:09 PM
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6. Also depends on where it is. Accident that kills 4 Mericans breaking, 100 dead in accident in |
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Africa, maybe gets put on the scroll, you know don't want to waste much time on "dem furiners."
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:11 PM
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7. Depends if there ae news that makes Bush look bad (or worse) |
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then suddenly Britney, Lindsey, Paris, or Anna Nicole information becomes very important.
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:22 PM
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8. If it bleeds, it leads. If the woman is white, run updates all night. n/t |
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:23 PM
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9. If it's like "new" music on radio, it's about 15 years. - n/t |
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Thu Aug-02-07 01:31 PM
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10. I remember back when a news reporter breaking into a program |
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or a crawl at the bottom of the screen meant dire news, like a president being shot.
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Thu Aug-02-07 02:00 PM
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I'm amazed at how quickly people post news in LBN, though. Way faster than many of the news outlets.:D
But I have a friend who doesn't have a TV, doesn't read the papers and doesn't seem to get the news from any source whatsoever. I'll mention some big event like this (in fact, I'm seeing her today; I wonder if she's even heard about this?) and she'll have no clue. There are probably people tuning in right now who haven't heard, believe it or not.
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Thu Aug-02-07 05:51 PM
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13. I just had to follow up on this. |
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I saw my friend I mentioned above and as of 2:50 Pacific time she had indeed NOT heard about the bridge collapse, as I predicted above.
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Thu Aug-02-07 05:53 PM
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14. Until people's dead relatives are recovered |
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I'll accept this as breaking news.
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