> Successful launch of a shuttle the country launching it is advertising their result, their adversaries definitely would like to cancel it, making it newswort

> Successful launch of a shuttle the country launching it is advertising their result, their adversaries definitely would like to cancel it, making it newsworthy. example: Russian propaganda around Sputnik, seen from the US side. > Breakthrough in physics > Discovery of a unique occurrence of artifact in history the way the media treats these arguments resemble much more clickbait than news. see: nuclear fusion or the coverage on Musk's bs about anything remotely science related, but there are times when this can actually be news, even though it can be more often closely affiliated to advertising to attract tourists. For example the real archeological breakthrough discovery presented in "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" barely made the news. In this particular case, many archeologists would prefer it never happened. But mostly is reporting the progress of something that's been slowly going on for decades. > Election results there are definitely many people who would like to not see them published, every time an election is held. edit: anyway, that's not what the linked article is about, the poster simply tried to track the origin of the quote.