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"Breaking News"

POSTED BY: duckmagicuk2 10 months, 2 weeks ago

I rarely have little rants on here, but I've decided that it's time for one.

I just headed over to the Sky News website. The five stories on their homepage are all labelled "BREAKING NEWS". Surely, if an internet news site is doing its job properly, then most of their recent stories should be "breaking news". So the phrase is, in essence, a little bit redundant (and sensationalist).

The term "BREAKING NEWS" isn't even being used properly. Their first "BREAKING NEWS" item is about three new cases of Swine Flu, which I read on the BBC News website over two hours ago... and even they weren't calling it breaking news...

In fact, I'd already read two of the other four stories over at BBC News a long while ago. They're hardly "breaking".

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30-04-2009, 18:19
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run over to bitterwallet their "news" is 3 days old so 3 hours at sky is lightning quick.
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What do you mean? You are ALWAYS having little rants on here ducky.

Sky news is for people with a low concentration span.
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I think "Breaking" does not mean "Newest" i think it means most "Significant. ??
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Liddle ol' me:
What do you mean? You are ALWAYS having little rants on here ducky.

Sky news is for people with a low concentration span.
And/or limited time
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And/or limited time
That's just you being nice again.
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Liddle ol' me:
Sky news is for people with a low concentration span.
LOL is that meant to cheer Ducky up
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LOL is that meant to cheer Ducky up
It was added as an afterthought. I accept that Ducky is usually able to concentrate quite well.
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no they don't, they look at the pictures and fiddle
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Liddle ol' me:
That's just you being nice again.
Was aimed at you actually. Didn't realise the ducky connection. I am sure that he DOES have some nice attributes though.
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no they dont, they just look at the pictures
look at the first entry on the news section to the left...
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WoolyM:
Was aimed at you actually. Didn't realise the ducky connection. I am sure that he DOES have some nice attributes though.
So you are 'aiming' at me now...? and I don't have any nice attributes? (although I accept Ducky might have a few, well hidden). Hmmm... will have to keep an eye on you...
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