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News is a fashion industry. One big "dog mauls child" story will be followed by other "dog mauls child" stories that would otherwise not have been reported. The
by scholia 12y ago
News is a fashion industry. One big "dog mauls child" story will be followed by other "dog mauls child" stories that would otherwise not have been reported. The difference is that they are "news" now when they weren't news before....
- bostik 12y agoThere's no news like bad news. It sells better. [1] [1]: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201012/why-we-love-bad-news http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201012/why...
- easyfrag 12y agoYep, summer 2001 was the "Summer of the Shark Attacks" because of a couple of high-profile incidences. The news media played it up as some sort of epidemic although there was no significant difference in the numbers. This went on until September when a bigger story came long.