Emmys in Journalism
Ultimately, it is not the journalist’s role, and it is not the goal of activists or politicians, to present the world as it really is. They will always have to compete to engage our attention with exciting stories and dramatic narratives. They will always focus on the unusual rather than the common, and on the new or temporary rather than slowly changing patterns.--Rosling
Rosling is talking here about entertainment. News as a product, not information or revelation. Journalists as entertainers, not contemporary historians.
Why are we suspicious of all commercial events yet are not disdainful of commercialism in the media?
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