Before social media arrived on the scene, Breaking News

really was Breaking News.

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These days, Breaking News is a misused, overused, and tired cliché.

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Local television news, across the country, is broken. It’s a monopoly run by a handful of corporations that place bottom lines and politics

above reporting and content.

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Local newscasts, as a result, are hollow, scripted, and spineless tapestries of the day’s events tailored around giddy anchor chitchat, loud car dealer commercials and long-winded weather forecasts.

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Busted News is here to highlight some of those lowlights.