It's more that a good author is building up a story and you're basically pulling the surprises out of context until they reappear later. Those things stick in

It's more that a good author is building up a story and you're basically pulling the surprises out of context until they reappear later. Those things stick in your head and can disturb the rest of the writing. There are other ways to grab your attention than pulling something out of its context and interrupting the flow of an article. I don't know, maybe today's audience is so steeped in reality TV that they like the entire show being previews of the rest of the show. But I personally like articles to flow, and that's not limited to fiction.