Dennis O'Connor wrote:
Open letter to journalists: Statistics for 2001


Reviewing the evolution of style and content selection of television
news since its inception it is sadly clear that television 'journalism'
has become no more than a (quite lucrative) variation of reality tv.

The most often question asked by 'journalists' of families of 'victims'
is "how do you FEEL about this tragedy?"

Vicarious sensationalism sells, facts are boring.