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It's not like the one comment is the only newsworthy thing that day. It's a big complicated world with so many important things happening that we can't possibly
by DennisP 5mo ago
It's not like the one comment is the only newsworthy thing that day. It's a big complicated world with so many important things happening that we can't possibly keep up. It'd be easy to fill up the news with a tiny fraction of them, instead of picking one or two facts and spouting lots of opinions about them. Doing the latter is just a choice they've made.
- ElevenLathe 5mo agoReporting novel facts is expensive. You need a travel budget, a widely-dispersed bureau network, a good research department, highly motivated journalists, and the list goes on. Opinions about existing facts are much cheaper to produce.