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Fox local news anchor compares mass shooting to “Breaking Bad”

Philadelphia journalist asks viewers to "see who's breakin' bad." The answer is a mass shooter

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It looks as though “Breaking Bad” is still with us as a topic of heated debate — even among news anchors describing gruesome shootings.

Philadelphia Fox anchor Joyce Evans took to Twitter to compare a story her network would be broadcasting, about the shooting of six people, to the AMC drama, noting that the shooter was “breakin’ bad.”

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One person has died and another is in critical condition after the shooting, according to other networks’ coverage. Evans has claimed she was using the show as a way of drawing out the contrast between real events and fictional ones as portrayed on television.

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By Daniel D'Addario


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