Communications Office Television (Rosslyn Shooting Broadcast)

Screen flares urgent in the shadowed Communications Office, newscaster's voice slicing through night stillness with stark announcement: multiple gunshots rip into President Bartlet during Rosslyn motorcade. Margaret bolts from corridor banter, fingers wrenching volume higher; words explode into the air, Mrs. Landingham's warmth shatters into raw recoil as crisis bleeds from glowing pixels into West Wing veins.

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Purpose

Broadcasts live special news report announcing assassination attempt on President Bartlet to alert White House staff.

Significance

Smashes corridor camaraderie with national catastrophe, propelling peripheral aides into heart-pounding alarm and rippling dread through building's core.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E1 · In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I

Corridor Normalcy Shattered by Assassination Report

Serves as the critical conduit for crisis intrusion, displaying special report in background until Margaret notices and amplifies volume; newscaster's broadcast details gunshots at Bartlet, propelling Mrs. Landingham's shocked flight and transforming casual office space into epicenter of national dread.

Before: On low volume in Communications Office background during entry

After: Volume urgently increased, actively broadcasting assassination details

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