So there's been a few shootings on the news here that have occurred over the last few days. They're announced as "Breaking News!". There's reporters on the scene and they're saying "We're on location now, we know that that someone has been shot. Police are looking/conducting...... We'll be on location as this develops " It sounds like "Someone was shot. We don't know who was shot or who shot them. Maybe we'll know something" If @shootER could add his experience that would be great.
So in short, how my Chihuahuas sound when they hear a leaf outside? They're excited but don't know why
A little bit. Somewhere along the way management (most likely at the behest of consultants) decided that it was best to let the viewer know that the station was aware of a breaking news event, was covering it, and that they'd let the viewer know when more details became available. That's not so terrible a thing, though I'd argue that you should wait until you have actual details before you report anything. But depending on the news management and/or consultants, it can get stupid. At one point my station (before I came onboard and was working at a competing station) went so far as to position a camera at the assignment desk in the newsroom and put a mic on the assignment editor who was monitoring police and fire scanners. If breaking news happened during a newscast, they'd take a "live report" from him saying that there were reports of shots fired/house on fire someplace and that a crew was on the way. Fucking stupid. Just some consultant-driven notion to bring "energy" to the newscast. And the thing is, if the "fire" turns out to be food on the stove (happens all the time) or the shots fired didn't hit anyone or didn't result in life-threatening injuries, the station never came back on and said, "False alarm! Not newsworthy after all!"
First thank you for the explanation. I appreciate it. A few months ago I had just woken up, I was in the kitchen making coffee. I heard gunfire. Didn't think much of it, there's a few people around here that have ranges on their property. A few minutes later I heard sirens. I went to the police scanner website. The shooting was 1/4 from my house. Not an hour later there were news teams on site. They were doing the whole "We're on location...." By the time the news was doing the live shots, I was able to find out where the shooting happened, who was shot, who shot them. The shooter was shot by a deputy, by using the Ring app and looking on Facebook. And texting with someone who was in that subdivision. The news was still reporting with "We're still trying to determine....." Even when an F1 tornado came through last year. I was outside looking at the lightning and rain when it happened, around midnight or so. I heard the tornado, didn't really think about it, just "That's some strong winds and rain all of the starting sudden" The next day the news was reporting on it. With "Coming up next, we're live on location", "We'll be interviewing the homeowner where a tree came down on their home", "A local populi landmark is gone, we'll be live on the scene with the damage" There were a trees blown over in an empty lot behind a Kroger. The tree was a pine tree that barely hit the house, it clipped the corner of the roof and knocked off some shingles and trim. The landmark was a Muffler Man Statue that had been blown over across the road from the Kroger. The statue is owned by a plumbing company, the owner has three more in front of the plumbing company, and another one about 5-6 from where the one was blown down.
