[Grammar] Present perfect in news

[mrmvp]

Why in newscast and newspaper there is frequent use of present perfect although the incident happend in the past? For example :"FIFA has made an announcement in regards to the illegal broadcast of beIN SPORTS content via the pirated platform BeoutQ." Why the previous sentence was not written in a past simple?

 

[jutfrank]

The main aim of news is to report on the current situation. Past events contribute to the current situation.

 

[Rover_KE]

Newsworthy events in the very recent past (eg, yesterday) are reported for the first time in the present perfect—and often in the present tense. Subsequently the past tense will be used.

Leslie Grantham dies (at the time of writing)/has died (yesterday) of lung cancer.

Peter Stringfellow died (nine days ago) at the age of 77.

 

[emsr2d2]

Why, in newscasts and newspapers, is there [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] frequent use of the present perfect [STRIKE]although[/STRIKE] even though the incident happened in the past? For example, (no colon here) "FIFA has made an announcement in regards to the illegal broadcast of beIN SPORTS content via the pirated platform BeoutQ." Why was the previous sentence [STRIKE]was[/STRIKE] not written in [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] the past simple?

Note my corrections above.

 

[Tdol]

If a past action has a direct connection to the present, we often express that through the present perfect.