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That article about a new building opening? It will house the [[Doomsday Device]] [[MacGuffin]].
Reporter mentions sudden disappearance of a species? They're actually aliens going home.
Radio announcement of an author cancelling his book tour? He's been silenced by the Brotherhood of Ancient Conspirators. Whatever the seemingly small-fry buzz, it may appear irrelevant or incidental right now but will turn out to be critical to the resolution of the plot.▼
Radio announcement of an author cancelling his book tour? He's been silenced by the Brotherhood of Ancient Conspirators.
Contrast [[Ignored Vital News Reports]], in which the importance of a news item is obvious to the audience but the characters ignore it. This does not include news items that are purely [[Foreshadowing]]; to be Chekhov's News, the news must appear early on without obvious significance, and the payoff has to appear later in the work.▼
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▲Contrast [[Ignored Vital News Reports]], in which the importance of a news item is obvious to the audience but the characters ignore it. This does not include news items that are purely [[Foreshadowing]]; to be [[Chekhov's News]], the news must appear early on without obvious significance, and the payoff has to appear later in the work.
Compare with [[Coincidental Broadcast]], in which the randomly-encountered news is relevant to the what's happening ''right now'' in the plot.
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