Breaking News
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| Date Started: | (?) 2012 |
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Breaking News is an ongoing image-based Internet meme in the format of a screenshot purporting to show a television news segment.
According to Know Your Meme, the idea for this meme has been around since 2010, but spread starting in 2012.[1] However, on Tumblr, the breaking news meme tag only goes back as far as February 2015.[2]
Fannish Examples
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
- Mordor: Captain Jack simply walks in Torchwood[3], shared by the official Doctor Who tumblr account (18 March 2012)[4].
- more Star Wars + breaking news 2/? Star Wars: The Force Awakens (21 March 2016)[5]
- marvel + breaking news Marvel Cinematic Universe (25 June 2016)[6]
- Captain Kirk is still a dork Star Trek AOS (27 July 2016)
- Local Man saved by Tiger, Archived version The Walking Dead