via: eswn
eswn comments:
Fact: news is sensationalized everywhere. Why? Because it sells. Such being the case, why shouldn't future 'journalists' be taught how to sensationalize the news? This will increase their marketability as well as overall market efficient, for such is the logical consequence of the free market.
this is believed to be the reason for sensantionalized news - the market mechanism, what if the media is free of the pressure of attracting more audience and generating more revenue? what if the public sponsors the media that reports objective and well-balanced news? as a matter of fact, we have such media, and they still don't sell.
perhaps the desire for novelty and exictments in readers' minds is the most important reason for sensationalized news.