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journey117 t1_j2h1eed wrote

🎵it’s interesting when people die Give us dirty laundry🎵

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badgerbarthowlemeiux t1_j2h45lg wrote

Buying a house rn would probably be a death sentence financially so this all adds up.

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Allemaengel t1_j2h6j8i wrote

Hey, that's my local paper.

And it really creeped me out that the Idaho murderer was arrested in the township next door to mine and that he'd been here since Christmas.

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Jackie_Girl63 t1_j2hcrbb wrote

I vote all news papers on the cover will have a story about a cat doing something funny

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ProudBoysLikeMen t1_j2hdtru wrote

If you don't like their version of the news, stop giving them money to keep making garbage.

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GrandmaJosey t1_j2hhnez wrote

If you read it says they are the top 5 articles of 2022 for the paper. Those all happened this year

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Toshi_Thomp t1_j2hk65k wrote

I may take 81 up from NC today, I hope its cleaned up

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gslavik t1_j2hli3w wrote

News outlets reporting mostly crime is why people think that crime is always on an upswing even when it is on a downswing.

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artificialavocado t1_j2hnwpd wrote

It’s very cynical but that’s the kind of stuff people want to read.

Side note, why the hell are the Columbia County people saying they are “pursuing death penalty.” There hasn’t been an execution here in almost 30 years. The state legislature really needs to get that off books already.

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GraciousCinnamonRoll t1_j2htf0x wrote

It literally says those are the year's top 10 stories so it's not like those all happened in one day. Besides, I'm sure people would be more upset if those events weren't covered.

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CaleRey111 t1_j2hvllc wrote

Those just happened to be the top stories that day. Something that was more pertinent to the community would’ve appeared.

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worstatit t1_j2hwoh9 wrote

Well, "Politicians Stealing" doesn't sell.

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miscnic t1_j2hxb2x wrote

Sad that it seems you missed the point entirely that the front page is showing a few of The Top 10 Stories of the Year…which appear to be all about death….which is the actually the sad part.

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RHudak979 t1_j2hxej9 wrote

Who reads print news anymore? The paper here doesn’t run a Sunday edition or a Tuesday edition anymore, and I think it’s almost 1.50 a day for old news

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Toshi_Thomp t1_j2hynhd wrote

Replying to heeroguy (#1,258,059)

It made me think because on the way down a section of i-81 was just blankly close as if I accident had happened somewhere way down the road so I had to take a longish detour. Mind you it was 23 and by the time I got to and see it was 43

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TeeKrauty t1_j2i14wn wrote

Not crazy. If it bleeds, it leads.

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SallyDabble t1_j2i1ygb wrote

It is a NEWSpaper. Readers and clicks generally determine the 'top' stories in a year end recap. Readers gonna read it, editors gonna print it. Be thankful you still have a local paper.

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greyposter t1_j2i2kgc wrote

People like you keep buying them, so they keep printing papers with what you buy.

Sad or terrible stories sell papers.

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the303reverse t1_j2i2u1h wrote

I personally know Alan.

It’s kind of scary how a week before the murder the man was in Ocean City having a good time posting on Snapchat loving life.

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spencerprs t1_j2i3iqs wrote

That's how you sell the news today. Doom and gloom. No one cares when things are going good, until it isn't.

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Historical-Recipe892 t1_j2i4cqs wrote

As someone who owns a hyperlocal digital outlet, I can say with confidence these were the most read stories for the year.

We can publish all the "feel-good" stories we want, but the number of people who read them will be dwarfed by anything crime-related.

You want the news to cover more of the good in your community? Start reading those stories and stop reading the crime.

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angrybartender t1_j2i5wc1 wrote

It’s there because the public wants it there. Those are the articles that grab the most attention and thus we get flooded with these types of articles.

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_jeremybearimy_ t1_j2i75aa wrote

Replying to gslavik (#1,257,903)

My grandma used to say this to me over 20 years ago. She watched the news and would say “there’s so much crime on TV now! There didn’t used to be back in my day, even though there’s less crime now.” She was a clever lady so she saw through that shit and never gave into fear mongering

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couchgodd t1_j2ialy5 wrote

Certainly not that negativity sells or anything and they are struggling to stay afloat

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OneHumanPeOple t1_j2iau55 wrote

Today is January 1st. Go outside and burn the paper. Have a little bonfire.

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im_man_bear_pig t1_j2ie1no wrote

They think good news doesn’t sell. I have never bought a new paper. Id like too. I can’t because it will put my mind into a bad/negative state. That’s not healthy. It’s also easier to dwell in the negative than it is to come up with something positive. Always strive for positive. I believe the media will come to this point in the future.

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sauerakt t1_j2iemne wrote

It's on purpose to keep you in a heightened state of fear to keep your higher levels of brain function suppressed so that you stay in the lower levels for as much time as possible

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avowed t1_j2iftxh wrote

If it bleeds it leads. They want you to be afraid it's how they make their money.

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chef_reggie t1_j2ijcjo wrote

The rags they publish over here in southwestern Pennsylvania are no better. The only thing that isn't woke in our papers is the comic strip writer of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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princeoinkins t1_j2il3of wrote

Try ate how news is. Positive stuff isn’t interesting and doesn’t sell papers

People react to being sad or scared

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glockster19m t1_j2ilvpb wrote

Am I crazy or should the arrest of the Delphi murderer really have been on here?

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Gul_Ducatti t1_j2iux4e wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,258,278)

I keep a TV-B-GONE on me at all times for just such an occasion. It is small enough that you can easily palm it and it has around a 95% success rate in turning off TVs.

Many times the wait staff doesn't even have access to the remotes to turn the tvs back on. Blissful silence reigns again.

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Bicycle-Seat t1_j2j71r6 wrote

No offense, but we will all be better off if we stop buying papers and stop reading the news. It’s toxic.

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ifeelwitty t1_j2je1dr wrote

Replying to Historical-Recipe892 (#1,258,229)

I was a features reporter for seven years who also had to write the hard news stuff. The "fluffy" human interest feel-good stuff I hardly got responses to. The stories on crimes, politics? I always got emails or tweets about those stories.

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facelesstoo1 t1_j2jjc88 wrote

The fact that they glorify the wrong people is what ticks me off. When they could promote the families and victims .. Was there ever a time where they did a trust fund for the victims and families and not glorify the person that did the crime?

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Insterstellar t1_j2jmevt wrote

Replying to Historical-Recipe892 (#1,258,229)

I just don't read local news unless I am googling for something specific. There is nothing in it I really need to know. Its kinda like smoking: addictive, but bad for your (mental) health. I'm sure cherry-picking the worst tragedies in your community gets lots of clicks and ad revenue (or subscription fees), but it creates a distorted & depressing view of the world. Feel good fluff is also pointless, and also leads to an inaccurate view of the world.

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Pink_Slyvie t1_j2jsr2l wrote

America is the major industrialized country where this shit still happens. It's getting so tiring.

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300blakeout t1_j2k7ddr wrote

That’s all the news does. Spread fear and all the awful things going on. Basically promotes it. Degeneracy continues. Sick.

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Historical-Recipe892 t1_j2kjbwe wrote

Replying to Insterstellar (#1,259,681)

So much of what actually impacts your daily life is decided locally, and isn't going to be covered by any other outlet. Unless you regularly attend local municipality meetings (which everyone should, btw), you're in the dark about pretty important things.

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SourDoeEyes t1_j2l1wp7 wrote

Growing up, my dad used to read the newspaper back page to front page and when I would ask about it, he would say that the happy stuff was all in the back and that's what he wanted to start with. He wasn't wrong...

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TwitterTapeParade t1_j2qfkdg wrote

There is something really wrong with the mental health of our society....as long as half of the politicians blame inanimate objects...we will never address the real issues plaguing America.

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TwitterTapeParade t1_j2qfn2b wrote

There is something really wrong with the mental health of our society....as long as half of the politicians blame inanimate objects...we will never address the real issues plaguing America.

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