Stray Thoughts:

What makes news newsworthy?

An elderly woman went missing in the desert southwest, which is sad.She wasn’t particularly noteworthy.She was related to a famous person.But I am completely in awe of how this normal grandmother became the singular focus of world news.Every station, 24 hours per day, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, and the rest with full-time staff in her yard, helicopters overhead…every type ...

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