The new isn't biased towards "sensationalist", it's biased towards *unusual*. Th...

		brookst 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Americans die from vs. what the news reports ... The new isn't biased towards "sensationalist", it's biased towards unusual. There's an old saying in newsrooms: nobody cares about a dog bites man story. Everyone will read a man bites dog story.