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Breaking news is a term used to refer to events that warrant immediate, nationwide coverage and require the interruption of regular programming. Oftentimes, a breaking news event will trigger an alert crawl, or “Newsflash”, on station imaging and lower third graphics to indicate the story is being interrupted. Before the rise of 24-hour news networks, programming breaks were reserved for extremely serious or urgent events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
