# Dumbest "Breaking News" Headline From MSNBC

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-breaking-news-headline-from-msnbc/441045>\
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**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-breaking-news-headline-from-msnbc/441045 "2008-03-12T00:12:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-breaking-news-headline-from-msnbc/441045/1 "2008-03-12T00:12:29Z")

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Is it just me or does the following "breaking news’ headline seem a little idiotic?  
BREAKING NEWS: Mississippi Democratic primary too early to call, NBC projects  
That was an actual breaking news headline a few minutes ago.  
Since when is it “breaking news” that we have nothing to report?

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-breaking-news-headline-from-msnbc/441045/2 "2008-03-12T00:38:14Z")

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Sounds the same as when the networks used to interrupt evening shows with reports that they didn’t know anything more about a “developing news story” than they did 30 minutes ago, and would then “rejoin our regularly scheduled show already in progress” just before a commercial break.