Whenever we hear the term “Breaking News”, a sense of urgency hits our brains. Suddenly we started paying more attention. This is nothing unusual for the human brain. Our brain responds to unusual things or events at a faster rate than normal events. Visual and print media try to make the most of these two words primarily to grab the attention of viewers.

One of the main sources of this news is television channels. Television channels are the leading visual medium for announcing such news from time to time. For the most part, this news appears on parchment when the news is not broadcast on television. During the news hour, along with the parchment, the news broadcast as breaking news also receives more time and detailed reports. However, some television channels exaggerate the importance of a story and cover minor stories such as breaking news. At times when there is nothing special to broadcast, some TV channels broadcast general events or stories as breaking news just to grab the attention of viewers. The strategy may work for them in the short term, but in the long run they will almost certainly lose audience. This will happen when they are misleading their viewers by covering minor events labeled as breaking news.

There are also many websites online that offer this type of news. But can you trust the authenticity of the news provided by these sites? Surely, you can’t trust all of them. Only reputable websites offer real and informative stories. Therefore, you need to know the characteristics of a reputable news site to get informative news. There are also websites that can offer real and informative stories, but they are not good in terms of choosing the right story to cover as breaking news. These websites treat almost any story as breaking news and therefore confuse visitors. At any given time, it becomes a daunting task for the website to grab visitors’ attention to important news. This happens when visitors think they are being misled and offer them general news in an exaggerated way. In this way, websites lose visitors.

Therefore, both TV channels and websites must be sensitive in terms of broadcasting news. They should not misinterpret the seriousness of the news and mislead visitors. Despite this, these news sources should focus on broadcasting informational news and label only important stories as “Breaking News.” If the media acts professionally, then the ultimate goal of conveying information to the masses can be achieved.