> Both social and traditional news media are structured to cash in on unique/improbable/dramatic events automatically. How so, politician? Anything by design?

> Both social and traditional news media are structured to cash in on unique/improbable/dramatic events automatically. How so, politician? Anything by design? Or simply the human nature to consume more media in "watershed" events? This could explain some of the media positioning in the last 18 months or so..