Mxsmanic wrote in
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Jay Beckman writes:

Entertainment value has nothing to do with it.

Entertainment has everything to do with the news today.

The ability to get on top of, and stay on top of a breaking story
insert your own worthy definition here is the coal that fires the
sales department. Wanting to be top dog and be able to proclaim
that "When News Breaks, We Fix It..! *" equates to more advertising
dollars. Cash is King.

Same thing. See above.

Unfortunately, there is a rampant sense of "If It Bleeds, It Leads"
in many newsrooms now days and the Phoenix market (being relatively
close to Los Angeles both physically and in attitude) tends to follow
that trend to a fault.

It has been a vice of the news media since time immemorial, or at
least since they had to to depend on circulation or viewership to
generate revenue.




You're just jealous


Bertie