"Sensationalism" is not a bug. It's an essential aspect of useful news. Those of you who think it isn't... let me guess... You didn't major in sociology, anthr

"Sensationalism" is not a bug. It's an essential aspect of useful news. Those of you who think it isn't... let me guess... You didn't major in sociology, anthropology, or psychology? Those of you who respect sociology/anthropology/psychology and yet still think that "sensationalism" (presented in quotes because that is a socially-constructed, loaded term) is something that distracts you from real news, I'd like to hear some of your nuanced thoughts on this. Because it seems to me that one man's "sensationalizing" is another man's "helping you understand the relevance of recent events to your life." And that's quite important.