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The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novel
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"The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty"

- Thomas Griffith

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This quote recommends that the news media often tends to focus on mind-blowing as well as attention-grabbing stories, yet rapidly discards them when the general public wearies. The information is commonly adjusted as well as provided in a manner that is meticulously prepared and rehearsed, with little regard for its precision or value. The media is viewed as more worried with generating ratings and also earnings than with giving significant and helpful web content.

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