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CNN Has Completely Given Up on the Meaning of ‘Breaking News’ [View all]
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-has-completely-given-up-on-the-meaning-of-breaking-news/Over the past year, we’ve seen CNN use its “Breaking News” Chyron to report that solving the missing MH370 plane mystery “could take years” and to tell us that the Titanic sunk 102 years ago, among other less than urgent stories. But this latest example just might be the best “Breaking News” ever.
After Washington, D.C. police banned sledding on Capitol Hill during today’s snowstorm, CNN sent Joe Johns out into the cold to report on the parents and children who were boldly defying those rules:
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