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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 02:55 PM
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Is "Latest Breaking News"
Redundant?
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ProudGerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 02:59 PM
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1. maybe so
But a forum called just "News" just doesn't have any umph to its name. Because if you think about it, Latest Breaking News is triple redundant, or is that double redundant? Ah, head hurting, you see, this is why thinking on Saturday is always bad.
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lyrical di Donating Member (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 03:01 PM
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2. think about topics
come on! What is news to DU'ers anyway? I see news, articles, commentaries and lots of fluff like favorite comic book characters' theme songs when they are fleeing in terror. Sometimes it's good to know that someone takes part of DU seriously and throws a little 'reality" into the pot.
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 03:01 PM
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3. "Late Breaking" refers to the required immediacy of the posts.
No news can be over 12 hours old.

Not redundant, to me.
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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 03:03 PM
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4. Latest Late Breaking News would be n/t
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