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Originally Posted by broke
The press doesn't make money via reactions.
The press makes money via ad dollars, which come from readership/viewership. If you think that readership/viewership increases via two page stories about CP or features on CP, your sorely mistaken.
The subject makes any sane reader/viewer uncomfortable and uncomfortable people reading your paper ARE not likely to subscribe and uncomfortable viewers are not likely to watch again.
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I disagree.
Readership/viewship is generated via (mostly) bad news, which can be CP, terrorism, the local gas station getting robbed, 10 family ghetto house fire, whatever the fuck... people are hungry for bad news in general, mainly so they can feel better about their own crappy/happy life.
Most news written and covered is not exactly designed to make people 'comfortable'.
Wars, sex scandals, porn, drugs, deaths, 'unthinkable crimes', blah blah, all the big stories will draw more people to watch / read the news, which will end up equating to more ads $ generated.