> The factual raw material can even be done away with sometimes as evidenced by how much of the news is just media reporting on itself (often centering on Twitt

> The factual raw material can even be done away with sometimes as evidenced by how much of the news is just media reporting on itself (often centering on Twitter!). For a concrete example of that, Deadspin in 2013 spelled out how ESPN created its own narrative to report on: https://deadspin.com/how-espn-manufactures-a-story-colin-kaepernick-edition-1185400028 https://deadspin.com/how-espn-manufactures-a-story-colin-kae...