But it's ironic that there is a plethora of entertainment "news" shows such as the Insider, Entertainment Tonight, Extra and so on and they manage to package "news" and get viewers. If bad news attracks viewers, then why don't the entertainment mags only report bad news? They don't. While they do report breakups and deaths ad nauseam, they also report the most superficial and mundane aspects of entertainers' and their lives.
Are reporters after the truth or after Nielson numbers? If "it bleeds it leads" means exactly what? That there's more truth in blood, in conflict, in disaster?
It is the laziness of reporters that is at play here and they use this excuse as a cover for their ineptitude and bias against the war and this administration. And so, reporters use their other favorite excuse: It's not news if a plane lands at Kennedy airport safely — only if it crashes.
... or if Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on board.
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