Come on, we all know the media abuses the term "breaking" so that they can get more eyeballs glued to the screen. If they can figure out how to promote a story

Come on, we all know the media abuses the term "breaking" so that they can get more eyeballs glued to the screen. If they can figure out how to promote a story from "normal" to "breaking" it will get more views. And how does the promotion happen? By making a story into something scarier or more frightful than it actually is. Why does it work? People are programmed to think "breaking news" means something significant is happening and they should probably pay attention. It's a tactic that has been lampooned many times by The Onion: https://youtu.be/9U4Ha9HQvMo https://youtu.be/9U4Ha9HQvMo https://youtu.be/xTXz_4u-4mc https://youtu.be/xTXz_4u-4mc