anchor.diff:  	establish_db_connection()
   	if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
   		error("SQL database connection failed. Attempted to fetch news information.")
  +		fails++
   		return
   
   	var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT id, publishtime FROM aurora_news WHERE isnull(notpublishing) ORDER BY publishtime ASC LIMIT [count],1")
  
positive.code: 			NEWSCASTER.newsAlert("[channel]")
  
  	id = null
  	time = null
negative.code: 	establish_db_connection()
  	if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
  		error("SQL database connection failed. Attempted to fetch news information.")
  		fails++
  		return
  
  	var/DBQuery/fetchquery = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT channel, author, body FROM aurora_news WHERE id=[id]")
  