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Here in Los Angeles, the term "breaking news" is over used. We cover sheared fire hydrants as breaking news or a dog on the loose as breaking news. When legitimate breaking news does happen here...fires, floods, shootings, hands down the two best stations are KTLA and KABC.

In Toronto, CP24. *cough*

Yes, they're notorious for their journalistic integrity, especially during the Rob Ford era and those damned school bus cancellations, but just thinking of it and they're actually doing a good job reporting breaking news.

 

In Canada in general, CBC News Network. No doubt about it.

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Honestly, as much as I don't like them, WRDW blows the competition out of the water as far as "Breaking News" goes, with crawls, live team coverage, etc. WJBF is a distant second in that, they don't break for Breaking News unless absolutely necessary, they just choose to make it the top story in their next newscast, WAGT is pretty much the same way. WFXG doesn't cover breaking news or weather, since they're pretty much outsourced from Savannah, they're very unreliable.

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Here in Los Angeles, the term "breaking news" is over used. We cover sheared fire hydrants as breaking news or a dog on the loose as breaking news. When legitimate breaking news does happen here...fires, floods, shootings, hands down the two best stations are KTLA and KABC.

 

I agree, even though KABC, in my opinion, does overdo the "breaking news" tag quite a bit themselves. KTLA, as many of us may already know, is the pioneer when it comes to covering live, breaking news stories.

None of the stations here are good at breaking news. They will all just save it for their next newscast or post on the web. They will often call two hour old news "breaking news". KABB is the worst about this.

 

There has been a huge emphasis on digital here and stations will break news on their app and website before they do on the air. KSAT is the best about breaking news on their app, WOAI a close second. On air KENS is the best the *rare* times they do break news on the air.

 

They have to word it one way or another.

Sure, point taken. But I think "developing news" or "happening now" is better than breaking news for those situations...

Personally, I can't stand the term Breaking News because of how some TV stations like to abuse the term (WREG being the worst offender with WMC a close second). It's not just with stories that are just coming in to the stations' newsrooms, but with stories that happened hours ago but are presented as being "Late Breaking" during regular newscasts.

 

 

In Houston, KTRK is the best for breaking news. That being said, as FiveNews mentioned for LA, Houston stations overuse the breaking news term. Every fire or car crash is "breaking news"

 

That's how it is up here as well, along with whatever comes up on the police scanner.

I like the term "This Just In..." You never seem to hear it much anymore.

One of the Scripps tabs I've seen here in Detroit says "This Just In" on a red tab similar to the small Breaking News tab the package originally came with. The tabs I see the most either say "Update" or "Developing Story".

 

As for Breaking News since we have a Helicopter Share everybody does the same shots on that but WXYZ still has better breaking news otherwise. It tends to report harder and longer on it then WDIV. WJBK's breaking news chops arent so good.

Have to agree on WAGA and WXIA.

 

 

Yeah, I mean look at what WSB did with that mondo-split screen thing last winter; The Daily Show turned it into the Big Board from Press Your Luck.

 

It was hilarious. The thing is, WSB still does that; they broke out a 24(?)-box for the not-winter storm a couple of weeks back.

 

WESH recently got a new 'Breaking News Set', so maybe that could change.

 

 

It's really nothing more than a desk and a TV in the middle of their newsroom.

 

WISN did the same thing, except even more stupidly, it's just a standing "pod" style desk and a TV in the main studio. I don't know what makes that desk any more suitable to report breaking news from than the main anchor desk, or any of the other standup locations around the studio. I figured that it must be a corporate edict or something... apparently I was right.

 

I was meaning to post a rant about this one of these days.

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