BREAKING NEWS
We have breaking news information
Details are sketchy at this time.
We don't know how many or how bad
We are verifying every bit of information that we get.
from what we understand at this point, 
no one really knew what was going on.
I can't even imagine.
We did speak briefly, just moments ago,
we heard from a law enforcement source
not surprisingly saying that there was a tremendous sense of shock.
filling us in on some of the details 
as we all try to understand what happened
from what we can piece together at this point,
He didn't give us any information
exactly why he did this.
It apparently, to all witness accounts, 
was handled with tremendous efficiency,
the question of why yet remains.
We have some indications about motive
"this is workplace related."
So, we have indications, possibly, that there was some trouble
this was nothing more than personal issues and not work- related issues.
a fairly spare account
we've heard about police, 
literally, on their hands and knees 
searching for evidence.
we're told by witnesses,
I shouldn't call them witnesses, but people in the area
Most of them, said that they heard no gunshots
that they only became aware of the incident
when the police arrived on the scene
they continue to gather information, 
putting the story together
we figured something was going on.
This is where -- all of the activity was centered in this area.
I was a little bit nervous,
thank you for your time 
Yet we cannot verify that, 
nor the number of injured, 
the number of dead, 
or the identity of the suspect in custody, 
whether or not that person is the person 
believed responsible for the shootings.
they follow the trail here of evidence, 
is what they do,
in order to put something like this together. 
So it really takes quite a while to figure out exactly who was involved: 
all of them innocent victims,
And we'll probably find that out shortly.
So, I mean, there is just so much unknown here 
that a lot of people are really quite frantic about it,
we'll remind the viewers that we are waiting
And these are the kinds of things that happen that, 
you know, 
we report on and we see on TV, 
or we listen to it, 
you know, 
and look at that in the newspapers.
You are just not safe anywhere.
it could have happened to any one of us.
I'm not going to go into any more details until we're sure.
I'm not going to comment on what, if anything, he said.
Can you elaborate at all?
I don't think it's appropriate right now 
until we're sure of our facts
I'm not going to get into his background
Do you have any idea why?
Can you elaborate on that?
Was he upset? Was he angry?
I'm not going to comment on that. 
if we get any more information later in the day, 
we'll update you.
We will take a break and be back after this.

It's starting to come through.
they have much more information, 
they'll be able to tell us more.
it would probably be very premature 
for them to kind of describe exactly what happened, 
if they really don't know yet.
We talked to some of the people earlier 
who could hear and see what was going on
So just as a precaution, 
they have to go through the building 
Cubicle by cubicle, corner by corner and floor by floor.
just to make sure
it's just incredible that something like this would happen
And when they come out 
and start telling people exactly what happened 
and what they know happened, 
they will be able to give us a better sense of that right now.
maybe a disgruntled employee
And can you describe for me what you might have heard 
or what you had seen?
I was shocked.
Very, very surprised.

We have no confirmation
in fact we do have no official confirmation right now
However, we do have highly-placed sources
to speak on this case as well
Now, standing by once again.
Nobody can get through here.
you can see people running
trying to get some more information;
And so little bits of information are starting to come out now, 
but exactly what triggered this tragedy here 
is still very, very unclear and 
I think it could be a little while 
before we get some more information.
The information that I've developed here at the scene indicates
But at this point we have the nothing 
to indicate the identity of just who these victims are.
This employee told me it was very apparent 
from the looks on their faces 
that it was no joke, 
they weren't fooling, 
that it was very serious.
the person that I spoke with, 
this employee, 
said he did not know.
We can tell our viewers, though, 
that the search for what they thought could have been has ended
They went through this building systematically
We're told that they've completed that search.

OK. So a couple of witnesses there who are outside the building.
The story is still ongoing and we have on the line a man
Tell us what you know, sir.
we really didn't know what was going on.
Were you interviewed by police at all about any of this?
No, Everybody that did not hear or see anything 
was asked to leave immediately.
what did you see?
a number of news trucks, 
helicopters flying around the top of the building, 
and a lot of news, 
and a lot of media personnel.
Did you know anybody?
No, I did not.
Anything else? Can you think of anything else?
That's it.
OK, thank you very much.

Just to recap now.
Once again, if you're just joining us,
We're continuing to watch that story.
We do know there have been a number
We don't know how many or how bad
We do know a suspect is in custody.
As soon as we know more, we'll pass it along.
we should be able to get more facts and information
OK, we'll take a break. 
We'll be back here with more news in just a moment.

We're going to go ahead and listen in.
I think we have some more witnesses. 
Let's listen again.
All right, we're taking it in, folks, as we get it.
Yes. We're narrowing it down a little bit,
Are you waiting for this news conference? 
Is there any activity going that might tell us it's about to begin?
Nothing to indicate it's about to begin.
there are literally dozens of officials here on the scene
So I would think that any news briefing 
will await them being brought up to speed on what has happened.
At this point, no word
That, of course, would be standard practice
At this point, we don't know.
We're not looking at live pictures right now. 
We're looking at some taped pictures.
And so we're -- at this point, 
we're the only ones here waiting for investigators, 
and they are all inside the building,
working on matters inside.
Whether, in fact, that may be, we don't know.
You'd know better than I in terms of having an opportunity 
to listen to those interviews.
We've covered about all we can at this point, folks, 
so we’re going to return you to your regularly scheduled program.

We don't want to unduly alarm anyone. 
However, we do have a separate report
which is virtually bringing everything there to a halt.
we're seeking to learn [about] that 
as well as verifying the other facts that [we] just heard
We're continuing to collect information

OK. So you're near?
Several hundred yards away from it.
What's going on there?
Well, the only thing we've seen is the helicopter overhead 
and just listening to the news reports.
Have you -- have you been witness to any of the activity?
No, we haven't.
You didn't see anything taking place?
No, I didn't. I heard that on the radio though.
So you -- you're just continuing to watch?
That's right.
Like we are.
Yep.
OK, Thanks for checking in.
All right.

We'll continue to collect information about the story
We don't really know. 
But we'll continue to watch the story 
and we'll pass along whatever we learn.
 
 

This  poem was extracted from the 'breaking news' transcripts of CNN reporting on the shooting of the seven people in Wakefield, Massachusetts. I came up with the idea of this peice watching CNN's lawyer speculate on the reason why this guy shot everybody and then say "we may never know why" and then continue to offer possible but completely speculative reasons. I
thought that was very funny and typical of news reporting, to just keep blabbing on even when you have absolutely nothing to say. So I decided yesterday to sift through those reports and isolate out this sort of rambling meaningless quest of attempting to report on something when
you have utterly nothing factual to offer but keep going because your 'live' for 2 or 3 minutes and have to say SOMETHING! So that work of mine was to explicate that idea through the extractions from those texts. I was interested is extracting in such a way as to leave the thing very general and ambiguous so that it applies to many such events. below are the exact sources.

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/26/bn.19.html
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/26/bn.18.html
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/26/bn.17.html
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/26/bn.14.html
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/26/bn.15.html