History Main / EndangeringNewsBroadcast

* ''WesternAnimation/Lastman'': Criminals who took hostages learn from journalists on the phone that the police is about to strike them. That show was made right after the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack, see Real Life below.

* The Discovery TV mini-series "Manhunt: Unabomber" (which follows [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the FBI's manhunt for Theodore Kaczynski]]) tosses an enormous complication on the investigation after the FBI is able to single out that Kaczynski is the most probable suspect and start to surveil his home and mobilize agents covertly to raid it when the time is right and they have iron-clad proof. What was meant to be a multi-month operation turns into [[RaceAgainstTime a mad dash to find enough evidence to present to the judge and strike within 24 hours]] when NBC catches wind of what is going on and the SmugSnake producer tells the director that he will only hold the story for that much time (even after the director insists that if Kaczynski ''is'' the Unabomber, then the broadcast may end up causing a bloodbath).

* In ''Film/DieHard2'', the same {{Jerkass}} GloryHound reporter from the first film (who is trapped on one of the planes alongside [[IHaveYourWife John's wife]]) manages to broadcast the fact that there is a terrorist threat (which the Dulles authorities have managed to keep quiet about so far) on national television, leading to a massive riot at the airport which gridlocks the police's mobilization and forces John to face the escaping terrorists on his own. It also nearly panics the plane's passengers, who are also watching a TV broadcast.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': In "Minimal Loss", Prentiss and Reid are investigating a cultist sect undercover as social workers when a dumbass Attorney General, looking to score political brownie points, orders state troopers and SWAT to raid the cult's farm while they're still inside. When the BAU takes charge of the siege and tell the AG, in no uncertain terms, to blow, he instead heads to the reporters to inform them that he is [[BlatantLies coordinating intimately with with the FBI on this matter]] and leaks that they already have an undercover agent in place, blowing Prentiss' cover and nearly Reid's as well.

* In ''Film/DieHard2'', the same {{Jerkass}} GloryHound reporter from the first film (who is trapped on one of the planes alongside [[IHaveYourWife John's wife]]) manages to broadcast the fact that there is a terrorist threat (which the Dulles authorities have managed to keep quiet about so far) on national television, leading to a massive riot at the airport which gridlocks the police's mobilization and forces John to face the escaping terrorists on his own.

* During the last stand of the perpetrators of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_in_France Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack]] in France, news channels confirmed that one of the employees of the factory where the terrorists hid was still in there after police besieged the factory. Fortunately, the terrorists chose to ignore him, being concerned only about how to resist as long as possible.

* A one-shot story of ''COmicBook/TheSpirit'' had the Spirit helping a young woman that was being chased by gangsters... and the gangsters constantly finding them wherever they went, nearly killing them repeatedly. Turns out that the woman was an IntrepidReporter and her constant "dramatic narration" (which was driving Spirit nuts as it was) was being picked up by a HiddenWire on her person and broadcasted live on the radio for ''everybody in town'' (including the gangsters) to hear.

** In the war in the Pacific, Australian radio reported that the Japanese had landed on a particular island. As the only way they could have known that information was because a Coastwatcher was on the island, the Japanese immediately began searching for him.

* The massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany was a tragic example. The hostage takers were watching the news which was covering the rescue plans and attempts in depth. By using the news to know when and where they were going to make a rescue attempt they managed to stay ahead enough that the confrontation turned into what it's known as today: The Munich Massacre.

** In one episode where Marge was in a hostage situation, the criminal later broke out of jail to go after her...with a newspaper he was holding giving the address of the Simpson home ''[[UpToEleven and]]'' [[UpToEleven the security code for their alarm]].

* Another WorldWarII example: At morning, April 9, while German troops were entering Norway, the king, government and parliament evacuated the city, taking the first train north. The Broadcasting company, still free at the time, broadcast: "The government and king have evacuated to Hamar..." Whoops! The Germans were in hot pursuit within two hours.

* The opening shoot-out of ''Film/{{SWAT}}'' almost invokes this: at one point a TV cameramen climb a fence behind the LAPD command post and get a shot of their security camera feed, which the robbers holding hostages inside the bank then see on the news coverage. Lieutenant Velasquez hollers for the other officers to "Get that guy off our fence!" but it's unclear whether any important information was transmitted.
-->'''Bank robber:''' Hey! I'm on TV!

* During the Falklands War in 1982, the BBC was accused of giving away too much information in its news coverage. It was pointed out that the Argentinean Embassy in London, which had not been closed down or otherwise ordered to leave, was monitoring news channels in Britain and sending digests of useful news home. This was due to technology having overtaken the existing guidelines for reporting from war zones, which were more suited to the 1950's and an era before satellite communications or even widespread use of TV.

* In Israel back in 2013, before it was officially revealed on the media who the ‘famous singer’ who slept with underage girls was, one reporter accidentally mentioned his name (Eyal Golan) and quickly apologised--‘...er, uh, sorry...’ While it wasn’t a particularly well-guarded secret before, this made it pretty much official and made any attempts to preserve his anonymity laughable. The slip of the tongue and the awkward apology soon [[MemeticMutation turned memetic]], replacing the slip with other things one should not be saying, e.g. ‘[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice]]... er, uh, sorry...

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7961380/chapters/18208054 Spots Off]]'', Alya accidentally films Ladybug transforming back into Marinette during a livestream, and, despite Alya deleting the video and attempting to contain the damage, the footage ends up on Youtube, getting tens of thousands of views in a few hours. By the following morning, Marinette's name, her parents names, and the name of her school are on the TV news and the Dupain-Cheng bakery is surrounded by news reporters, none of whom seem particularly concerned about making a teenager and her family a target for [[BigBad Hawkmoth]].

* In Israel back in 2013, before it was officially revealed on the media who the ‘famous singer’ who slept with underage girls was, one reporter accidentally mentioned his name (Eyal Golan) and quickly apologised--‘...er, uh, sorry...’ While it wasn’t a particularly well-guarded secret before, this made it pretty much official and made any attempts to preserve his anonymity laughable. The slip of the tongue and the awkward apology soon [[MemeticMutation turned memetic]], replacing the slip with other things one should not be saying, e.g. ‘[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice]]... er, uh, sorry...’

** In one episode where Marge was in a hostage situation, the criminal later broke out of jail to go after her...with a newspaper he was holding giving the address of the Simpson home ''and'' the security code for their alarm.

* The infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_hostage_crisis Rizal Park hostage-taking incident]], where an ex cop took a tourist bus hostage in the middle of the aforementioned park. While the hostage ensued the perpetrator was [[ExploitedTrope watching the news]], which covered everything happening outside the bus. Meaning he knew the police's every move, but they didn't know his, as he covered all the windows of the bus.

* VideoGame/SWAT4: In the St. Michael's Medical Center mission, a news station broadcasts footage of your team entering the hospital. Tactical Operations Command manages to cut the cable connection to the hospital, but not before the terrorists are made aware of your entry.

* In the ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' fanfic [[http://manicmea.com/bodhisattva-206 "Bodhisattva"]], Mulder is chucked in prison as the prime suspect for the bomb mailed to Assistant Director Skinner. A Federal agent in Federal prison, his only hope is that no-one identifies him... Guess whose face is plastered all over the news?