Late Breaking

June 12th, 2006 by Mike

We have three very large (and very expensive) flat screen televisions on the first floor of one of the law school buildings. They are always on, always silent, and always tuned to CNN. Every once in awhile, as I enter the lobby, I pause to see if anything new is being reported. Today, as I passed the silent screen, I saw “Late Breaking News” and stopped to tune in. On the screen was a picture of Maryland with a pulsating circle located right above Camp David. “Oh no they didn’t…” I thought to myself, wondering whether Camp David had been attacked. The caption underneath the picture read:

Bush says Zarqawi’s death won’t end the insurgency.

At least CNN got it half right. It ain’t news, but they certainly broke it late.

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4 Responses to “Late Breaking”

  1. FH User Says:
    June 27th, 2006 at 1:51 am

    Back in the heady days of spring, the security guards (one guard, actually, but he’ll go unnamed in case we have any NYU authorities perusing the comments page) broke protocol and tuned into the NBA playoffs — but even he didn’t dare dally with the volume knob.

  2. Mike Says:
    June 27th, 2006 at 8:31 pm

    I watched the entire USA vs. Ghana game in the lobby last week. It was me, the security guard and a janitor.

    And no sound.

  3. VH User Says:
    June 28th, 2006 at 1:17 am

    Remember that day there was the leftovers from the BALSA dinner in the FH lobby. How money would those leftovers have been during the Ghana game?

    I mean, not the *same* leftovers…

  4. Bicycle Says:
    August 8th, 2006 at 10:52 am

    Bicycle

    I am Karin, very interesting article that contained the information I was searching for in Google, thanks.

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