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News programming uses a hierarchy if it bleeds, it leads. > https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/two-takes-depression/201106/if-it-bleeds-it-leads-understan

• dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  Is that supposed to be a bad joke about yesterday's senate hearing?
  • dx87 8y ago
    No, it's a common saying. I've also heard the saying "blood sells newspapers, not ink".
    • dsfyu404ed 8y ago
      I know it's a common saying. I'm trying to poke the bear here.
      • mojomark 8y ago
        On this subject, if you folks haven't heard about the evolution of "mexican blood tabloids", which is so disgusting I can hardly stand it, you need to see this [please know that the irony of this statement is not lost on me - I'm not saying you need to read these tabloids, but am suggesting you need to see how this machine is working and why it evolved]: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/622275371/working-the-night-shift-for-mexico-citys-bloody-crime-tabloids https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/622275371/working-the-night-s...