bear in mind...
crime--
commercials--
tragedies--
commercials--
sports and weather--
anchor chat--
fluff--
it is a formulaic...standardized ( read edited ) product tailored to fit specific world views...always has been...always will be...it has relied on the lurid to attract and frighten ( and here is a salient point, " men's minds, once unsettled, are prepared to belive anything." tacitus. the annals of imperial rome. ) viewers/readership...have a look at your environment and your daily life and see how the match up...yes there is crime and there are tragedies...these do not constitute the sum of existence...however that is what we are led to believe...and we are being led ( hence "the editor" )
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