didn't "news" use to mean dispersing information as quickly as possible?

[Syrinx]

Isn't that what news is?

And didn't "breaking" news use to mean something just happened?

I've sort of gotten used to "breaking news" that breaks all day long.

But this is the last straw.

I was watching the local early broadcast.

They showed the flashing local police lights... we'll tell what is happening after the break and our weather and traffic updates... but it's big so hold on.

Then the local news bunny comes on and says "It wasn't anything... I was teasin' ya'."

Routine traffic stop.

I'm beginning to hate human beings. Grrrr!

[notesdev]

1. It used to mean

dispersing information as accurately and impartially as possible.

Today's typical 'journalist' is constituted of a character that can be roughly described as 'having less altitude than whale excrement. Not a word they say can be believed without verification in triplicate.