is that sarcasm?
If someone says that, they cannot speak English. 'Groundbreaking' means new in the sense of being unique. News can never be that. It may be a new story, but it can never be unique.
'Groundbreaking news' is a contradiction in terms. It would only be used by a semi-illiterate fool.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/groundb...
A responsible news service would never use "sarcasm" thats for such as Private Eye. I have enclosed a link to the meaning of the word. It really means new technology.
No. It means no one has heard this particular piece of news before. When people start to build a building, they have a 'ground breaking' ceremony, because it's all new. It's the start.
breaking news
(journalism) news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/diction...
News that has either just happened or is currently happening. Breaking news articles may contain incomplete information, factual errors, or poor editing because of a rush to publication.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breaking_n...
Groundbreaking news is expected to be more astonishing than breaking news; one that has never happened before.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictiona...
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/def...
If someone says something, and someone responds with "..... in groundbreaking news!"
is that sarcasm?
