every story for past 30 minutes on MSNBC has been "breaking"--are we so crisis-addicted?

[zazen]

"Breaking" news about Edwards (it's been in my local paper for six days); "breaking news" about weather; "breaking news" about real estate market.

Maybe their desperation to draw us away from the internet is a good sign. They're already created a nation of crisis-addicted codependents waiting for the next 24 hour news distraction--I guess now the drug wears off quicker than 24 hours, so they have to give us a fix every 30 minutes.

Ugh.

[hedgehog]

1. We have a Latest Breaking news forum here.

[zazen]

6. but medium is different: with spoken word, it's ONE TOPIC at a time

DU, like the net, has dozens of options (and hundreds/thousands within them).

[Renew Deal]

2. This is a trick that Fox has been using for years.

They have abused the "Breaking News" tag. It used to be that breaking news was a really big event that just happened. Now breaking news is just about anything. Fox has "Alerts" up all day long. It's meant to suck people in.

[Chipper Chat]

3. I still prefer them over CNN and Fukks.

And I never thought I'd say this, but I watch Fox more than CNN.
CNN's juvenile and goofy approach make Shepard Smith seem like Walter Cronkite.

[zazen]

8. I agree--maybe I'm just a little disappointed, but if it keeps Maddow on the air . . .

[Echo In Light]

4. Fear = Control. This has been in place since the "need" for 24/7 cable "news"

[lpbk2713]

5. They probably call it 'breaking' because they have been off for two days.

And every little news item is a great revelation to them on a Monday morning.


:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

7. Yes, and if you're not spreading the panic, you're an anti-science head in the sand lockstepper.

[zazen]

9. now it's "Swine Flu: Overhyped?" as if the press has no agency in the matter

I stay out of the fray on the H1N1, but this sophomoric "mistakes were made" passing of blame is rhetoric 101.

[Echo In Light]

10. Yep. Just like nearly every Bush lie/atrocity/cover up that the M$M willingly sold the public