Here's a chart I love showing how the news distorts based on what people want to read (or what they are pushing) versus reality: https://ourworldindata.org/do

Here's a chart I love showing how the news distorts based on what people want to read (or what they are pushing) versus reality: https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from#what-we-die-from-what-we-google-what-we-read-in-the-news https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die... I'm not sure how the world would be if proportional importance news were the norm, but it's certainly not the case today.