>Ah, yes. That's why my local newspaper prints the details of the city council meeting. Because it's "not news".
Fair enough, I didn't realize you were being purposely obtuse and pedantic.
Yes. You are correct. Items printed in a newspaper such as city council meetings are, technically, news. Merriam Webster's dictionary defines "news" thusly:
1a : a report of recent events
b : previously unknown information
c : something having a specified influence or effect.
2a : material reported in a newspaper or news periodical
b : matter that is newsworthy
3 : newscast
I assumed you were aware the context of the thread was the definition of the term "breaking news" and its nature, and that you would realize that by "news" I was referring to noteworthy matters, specifically on tv and cable news, not in the newspapers (because newspapers don't have breaking news.) My mistake. Therefore, let me be more accurate and restate my comment:
You... you do realize that boring, run of the mill events are by definition not particularly newsworthy, and therefore, not of being covered as news, right?
>Every single example you gave was of a sensationalistic story.
Every single example was of a noteworthy event being covered as it occurred, and thus, of being breaking news under the definition I and the entire rest of the world understand it.
None of those examples were of sensationalist coverage, however, which is the definition you seem, for reasons I can't fathom, to want to die on the hill of defending.
Also, you have yet to provide an example of what you consider a mundane, run-of-the-mill event which should be covered as breaking news.
I can tell you really wanted the endorphine hit that scoring imaginary points on the internet provides but you still don't know what you're talking about.
>We're done here.
Yeah, I don't know why I wasted my time. Closing this thread and forgetting now.
Fair enough, I didn't realize you were being purposely obtuse and pedantic.
Yes. You are correct. Items printed in a newspaper such as city council meetings are, technically, news. Merriam Webster's dictionary defines "news" thusly:
1a : a report of recent events b : previously unknown information c : something having a specified influence or effect.
2a : material reported in a newspaper or news periodical b : matter that is newsworthy 3 : newscast
I assumed you were aware the context of the thread was the definition of the term "breaking news" and its nature, and that you would realize that by "news" I was referring to noteworthy matters, specifically on tv and cable news, not in the newspapers (because newspapers don't have breaking news.) My mistake. Therefore, let me be more accurate and restate my comment:
You... you do realize that boring, run of the mill events are by definition not particularly newsworthy, and therefore, not of being covered as news, right?
>Every single example you gave was of a sensationalistic story.
Every single example was of a noteworthy event being covered as it occurred, and thus, of being breaking news under the definition I and the entire rest of the world understand it.
None of those examples were of sensationalist coverage, however, which is the definition you seem, for reasons I can't fathom, to want to die on the hill of defending.
Also, you have yet to provide an example of what you consider a mundane, run-of-the-mill event which should be covered as breaking news.
I can tell you really wanted the endorphine hit that scoring imaginary points on the internet provides but you still don't know what you're talking about.
>We're done here.
Yeah, I don't know why I wasted my time. Closing this thread and forgetting now.