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		davemp on May 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does the news reflect what we die from? I'm sure BBC News still has some sort of metrics that it presents to people for budgeting/promotions.

derefr on June 1, 2019 [–]

Yes, but the question is, why are these metrics chosen in a way that incentivizes BBC News reporters to follow exactly the same kind of sensationalist stories as for-profit news sources?

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