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Breaking news is a news story that is so urgent, or requires immediate coverage, that a television station interrupts regular non-news programming (or, in the case of a network broadcast, the network’s regularly scheduled newscast) to present the information. The breaking news is typically presented by a dedicated “Newsflash” or “Special Report” graphic with an associated music cue, and often by a separate announcer. Prior to the advent of 24-hour news networks, breaking news was often covered through cut-ins during regular programming or by alert crawls in lower thirds during weather and severe weather reports.
