High intensity -breaking- news that captivates the world and preempts all programming. Unlike most other news, it is recordable and rewatchable.
Osama bin Laden has been killed. CNN MSNBC and C-Span have interrupted their normal coverage to cover the event. My DVR says I'm recording "Unthinkable: The Alzheimer Epidemic", but I know better... I now have the largest newsporn stash on the east coast.
by major_delmac May 5, 2011