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Originally Posted by dyna mo
actually, it's the other way around- we lead the media around by their noses. If we were all still interested in mh370 or syria or wtfever, then rest assured that story would stay above the fold. The simple fact is ratings show that we lose interest after about a week or so (that's the news cycle rochard referred to), so stories drop off and are replaced by newer ones.
human nature.
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I dated a TV news anchor for 2 years. You are mistaken unfortunately. there are so many factors that go into what you see on television news. A small factor is informing the people of what's really going on.