One of the trends I’ve noticed in certain online news reporting sites is their tendency to do what’s necessary to get a story ‘out’ first, even if it means the story has no substance.
"So and so to give testimony at inquiry. But you’ll have to wait for the details of said testimony until next week. But we broke the story first, dammit!"
"Police raid daycare centres in fraud case. But you’re going to be left wondering who’s involved, why daycares are in the picture and all the other pertinent parts of the story we conveniently left out because – well – we don’t have those details yet."
I’m beginning to see signs that readers are getting restless about these incomplete news stories, as comments are starting to pile up demanding that news site owners produce more detailed stories.
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