But viewers quickly pick up on such hype and learn to tune it out.” He added: “I think news executives used the ‘breaking news’ banner a lot because they think the more dramatic presentation will get more viewers to watch. So maybe this change will help restore viewers’ trust,” says Mark Feldstein, chair of the broadcast journalism department at the University of Maryland.
Perhaps one reason CNN and other news outlets have wrongly been accused of being “fake news” is because the audience picks up on this kind of hype and distrusts it. “In my opinion, it undermines CNN’s credibility to sensationalize routine news coverage with dramatic graphics and music.
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Some news-industry aficionados think it’s time to send ‘breaking news” to the TV archives. MSNBC declined to comment on whether Licht’s new policy might change the way that network views use of “breaking news” “We way overuse ‘breaking news.’ All television networks do that,” said Jeff Zucker, Licht’s predecessor at CNN, during an interview in 2019. Will CNN really be able to resist using the phrase? Others have noted its heightened prevalence. But the amount of time they get on screen suggests that nearly everything the network shows is breaking news - and that simply can’t be accuarte. CNN has in recent years put “breaking news” banners on air to reflect that its anchors are talking about a trending topic, even if the actual news of the discussion is hours old.
Terms like “breaking news” and “scoop” - one used to show that a particular outlet had gained access to information ahead of competitors - bear less relevance in an era when rivals are able to match reports more quickly. Licht’s concern about use of the phrase reflects just how much some traditional journalism nomenclature has changed as the industry continues to navigate the new speed of social media.
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