I had to explain the news to a young gal at work today. Selling emotional "news" to get people talking is a desperately-competitive big business. It's not about keeping you "informed."**********
She confessed that she had never thought about it that way, that the media makes the news so people will watch it instead of CSI re-runs. She is young and innocent, but capable of learning.
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