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BREAKING NEWS is just a synonym for “news”. The addition of the word “breaking” is just a stylistic choice and conveys no additional meaning.

• midasuni 5y ago
  I remember seeing a headline “breaking news Michael Jackson dead” This was 48 hours after it happened.
  • atatatat 5y ago
    If you hadn't heard about it, it was breaking.
    • midasuni 5y ago
      After 2 days of wall To wall coverage in print, online, on radio and on tv, you had heard about it. Breaking is when things are changing rapidly and an event is currently Happening.
• krapp 5y ago
  >The addition of the word “breaking” is just a stylistic choice and conveys no additional meaning. "breaking news" is supposed to refer to news that's currently ongoing or developing. Whether or not it means much now, when practically all news is live, is debatable.