To set the scene, before this there is an embarassing family episode and the family sits in an awkward silence. The channel was changed, it's a commercial...

I've not yet worked in the first person viewpoint character's thoughts and reaction on this. And I wonder if I did if that would distract the reader from the story I want them to focus in on.
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The much-to-happy commercial came to an end. In contrast, a camera panned in on a newscaster. The man sat behind a dark brown desk with papers before him. His wrinkled face conveyed grim tidings. A depiction of two white hourglass structures hovered over his left shoulder. Underneath it, the caption read: The Brunsbuettel Massacre.

“We’ve more to bring you on the incident in Brunsbuettel, Germany. Unfortunately we’ve yet to get footage, but we have our field correspondent, Carl Manning, on the line. Carl, can you describe the scene?”

Carl’s photo popped up, a younger man with light brown hair. “Jim, the German authorities have set a ten mile cordon around the nuclear facility. However, I can say this, much of northern Germany is out of power.”
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If there ever is a real life Brunsbuettel incident, and let's hope there's not, this would be a terrible and incredible coincidence. I have started to ponder the reprercussions for a writer, if real life accidently mirrors something they wrote...

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We’ve more to bring you on the incident in Brunsbuettel, Germany. Unfortunately we’ve yet to get footage, but we have field correspondent, Carl Manning, on the line.

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