The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago.
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Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it leads.'
There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1. sex sells; 2. if it bleeds it leads.
People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true.
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem.
The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard.
In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure.
Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant', it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive.
Journalism is in fact history on the run.
What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.