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Following Deadline’s newsbreak, a host of actors, led by the likes of Melissa Barrera and Kiersey Clemons, publicly voiced their anger over the potential development, with Whoopi Goldberg and Emily Blunt among those to have waded in since.—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025 The New Yorker was known for its newsbreaks, which mocked other publications’ errors and oddities.—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 Since the election, every iota of news has somehow come to seem more urgent, with each newsbreak, tweet, press conference, and cable news countdown clock hurtling toward …—WIRED, 25 Aug. 2017
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