The Nature of News
Jun. 1st, 2004 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jducoeur"Dog bites man" is not news.
"Man bites dog" is news.
"Second man bites dog" is not news.
"100 men bite dogs" is not news, it's a fad to be covered in the Lifestyle section.
"Man bites dog" is news.
"Second man bites dog" is not news.
"100 men bite dogs" is not news, it's a fad to be covered in the Lifestyle section.
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Date: 2004-06-01 09:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-01 09:59 am (UTC)Why does this remind me of the SNL skit, "In New York, a man is mugged every 34 seconds. Our reporter is standing by with that man..."