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"Studies of 19th-century news stories in American newspapers, however, suggest that the form spread several decades later than the telegraph, possibly because t
by lupire 3y ago
"Studies of 19th-century news stories in American newspapers, however, suggest that the form spread several decades later than the telegraph, possibly because the reform era's social and educational forces encouraged factual reporting rather than more interpretive narrative styles.[2]"
- mrguyorama 3y ago>encouraged factual reporting rather than more interpretive narrative styles The 19th century literally coined the term Yellow Journalism! What kind of dumb revisionism is this? A narrative being conveyed in only a couple bullet points instead of a story is not "factual reporting", it's soundbite optimized reporting.
- _Algernon_ 3y agoNothing in this thread requires "narratives being conveyed in only a couple bullet points" and that also isn't what the inverse pyramid is about. The inverse pyramid is about the ordering of information, not the level of detail or quantity.