Resumen de If it ain't broken...

• In July, WDRB, a news station in Louisville KY announced that it was ditching the term 'breaking news' except in cases where the news warrants it. In honor of this noble venture, here, three highly selective history of the industry's obsession with "breaking" the news are presented. For instance, after the San Francisco earthquake, the Associated Press introduces the "FLASH" as a means of alerting editors to "news of transcendent importance" in as brief a way as possible.