Honest Question. When is it NOT breaking news at CNN

[aaaaaa5a]

If I heard the CNN theme without the breaking news graphic, I'm not sure I would recognize it.

I know the Trump years are eventful. But do we really need a breaking news banner this often?

One day there really is going to be breaking news and nobody will notice. Their breaking news theme has become the car alarm going off in the mall parking lot.

[PTWB]

1. All news is breaking news on CNN.

[Sherman A1]

2. When you turn them off

and avoid the 24/7 Breaking Noise Infotainment Cable Channels. Their job is to fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed. Sometimes they brush up against journalism in doing so, but it is mostly just blather.

[underpants]

3. Running joke in our house for months

One of says, that’s not really breaking news

[shelshaw]

4. Maybe after Jan 20

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. CNN broke news

[kskiska]

6. I remember a "Breaking News" alert would make one's blood run cold.

It meant something like a horrific plane crash, an attack by enemies, or an assassination.

[Mike Nelson]

7. They all use...

... the term, now. Ratings went up wit it, so they all use it all the time. It used to mean a President was shot or Elvis died.

[kacekwl]

8. It's the same on my local news programs.

Every story is breaking news along with the flashy Fox news like graphics. Drives me nuts.

[LeftInTX]

9. Because every bit of news on Fox is a Fox News alert

I guess they had to grab Fox viewers.

[Rice4VP]

10. Never! Everything is breaking news on CNN, or

“Happening now!”

[Golden Raisin]

11. I'm old and from the era when "Breaking News" interruptions

were only used for items like, "Kennedy Shot In Dallas" or "Men Walk On Moon". Now the "Breaking News" chyrons are basically flashing 24/7 and for even the most mundane events and stories.