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DavidDvorkin

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7. That's probably a factor

Reply to Crutchez_CuiBono (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 31, 2018, 03:33 PM

Jul 2018

It's a self-reinforcing cycle. The media focus on Story A because they think that's all the public is interested in. The public doesn't know about other stories because all they see and hear is Story A.

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That's probably a factor DavidDvorkin Jul 2018 #7

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