Breaking news is overrated. Receiving a summary the next day is more than sufficient. OK, sometimes immediate news is important—tornado in the area, rising flood waters.
Breaking news became important, not to us, but to people who make money because of us, thanks to the invention of the 24-hour news channels. Repeating news all day and all night would be boring. But breaking news, ah, that draws our attention frequently. That’s the goal. The news source doesn’t matter. It’s all the same—stir emotions, entice our eyes and attention, show us more advertisements, capture attention again.
Shun that for your mental and spiritual health.
I thought about breaking news in the Christian Bible.
Perhaps the word-of-mouth spreading news of Jesus’s healings. That certainly drew crowds and the interest of secular/religious authorities.
The big one—Mary rushing to report to the other disciples about the empty tomb and meeting Jesus after his very public death. Being a woman, some of the men didn’t believe her rushing to verify for themselves. That one had to be tough to understand.
The two men leaving Jerusalem walking to the village of Emmaus asking the stranger who joined them if he had heard the news.
Develop and apply a filter for news. Develop awareness of what’s important and publishers design in order to keep us tuned in. Perhaps the best “breaking news” is what we call the “Good News” or “Gospel”.
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