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Seems to me that 'News' is too much like hard work,
however,
'misery' is easily accumulated and even more easily dispensed
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it has no sell-by or best-before date.The misery of a mis-reported story lingers long after the truth has been reported and the miscreant apprehended and dealt with, as at every stage of the process of justice the misery can be revived.
To edit a UK tabloid, you have to hate people and wish to make their day, every day, a misery.
mespilus
Ironically it persists because that's what the readers want. But also because getting journos from lots of different outlets to do something is like herding cats. The fact remains that if they don't try to get comment they're not reporting the story properly.