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A quick rant that has nothing to do with anything.

I sat down to write this afternoon, and turned on Sportscenter for background noise. Coming out of commercial break, the "Breaking News" graphic displayed, followed by Chris McKendry saying the following:
Some breaking news into SportsCenter at this 2 o'clock Eastern Time hour...as we've been reporting...
Here's a rule I'd like to establish for all sports reporters anywhere: If you've already reported something, if you've been reporting something or if something was already breaking news an hour ago but you're repeating it for the fifth time anyway, it is no longer breaking news, and you don't need to imply people should drop everything to come see it again.

That's all. Just needed to vent for a moment.
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Noticed this the other day

On the “bottom line” feature.

It said something like: Breaking News: Eagles defeat Vikings. This was a good 2+ hours after the game had ended.

by Supertramp on Jan 7, 2009 1:46 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just wait until they start turning on the blogosphere

People have already ripped to shreds the mainstream media, they can’t wait to turn on the new media

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Jan 7, 2009 1:47 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Breaking News

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Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Jan 7, 2009 4:22 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I knew you were going to say that.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jan 7, 2009 5:22 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN

is the worst about this. Everything is breaking news no matter how old it is.

September 15: Not a bad little Monday

by molitorfan on Jan 7, 2009 6:07 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN

…really just sucks at reporting, and really not reporting(a la Brett Favre talking to the Lions), in general. They have a general condensed version of what can be found at great sites like this.

Also Pacman Jones being released isn’t news, let alone BREAKING NEWS.

by Lavender on Jan 7, 2009 9:53 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Au Contraire

if a Dallas Cowboy drops a deuce, it’s breaking news. Same thing with any Yankees, Red Sox, Lakers, or Celtics. Seriously, do you remember the season starter last year when the headline story was that Sean Casey will miss the entire Japan series? HE WAS A BACKUP!!! WHY IS IT BREAKING NEWS IF THE RED SOX BACKUP 1B WILL MISS 2 GAMES?!? Seriously…

/slams head against cube wall

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Jan 8, 2009 12:59 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have to say...

ESPN is really good at swooping in and yoinking scoops from teams’ beat writers.

Typical example: When Nebraska football coach Bill Callahan was on the chopping block at the end of the 2007 season, the beat writers from the Omaha and Lincoln papers were following the situation obsessively—their beat pretty much became “Callahan Death Watch” for two days. And somehow ESPN, which does original reporting on the Huskers approximately once a year, breaks his firing about 20 minutes before anyone else.

How do they do this? I don’t know. But it happens all the time.

by Cheeseandcorn on Jan 8, 2009 5:31 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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