The thought came to me that because Covid has dominated the headlines this year, it has meant a lot of other significant events have been kept off the "main story" spot for many news channels. Examples include Brexit, the US presidential election, and Harry and Megan quitting royal duties. Obviously, all three have been ongoing events so they may have held the top spot on certain days, but Covid has dominated the headlines much more, and this has meant that some genuine newsworthy events have failed to make the top spot. For example, the death of Sean Connery was overshadowed by news of the incoming Lockdown 2.0 announcement, which broke just a few minutes earlier. Coincidentally, Roger Moore's death was also relegated to 2nd place in most news bulletins since it took place within 24 hours of the Manchester Arena bombing (22/5/17).
These are just some examples, but I would be interested to hear about other significant events that could have made the top spot but failed to do so due to another event. You can go as far back in time as you like with this, however I would discourage listing events that aren't really newsworthy and were just in the top spots because there was nothing more significant to report that day (slow news day).
These are just some examples, but I would be interested to hear about other significant events that could have made the top spot but failed to do so due to another event. You can go as far back in time as you like with this, however I would discourage listing events that aren't really newsworthy and were just in the top spots because there was nothing more significant to report that day (slow news day).