The obsession with the story of Mr. Murdoch's news tabloid is facinating. The media tends to get hyped by certain stories and not by others. We've had big stories such as 9-11, the OJ trial, Michael Jackson, various missing young women, Casey Anthony, and now News International. I think I read an op/ed piece months ago that explained it this way. The 24 hour news cycle built into cable news makes sensationalizing necessary in order to fill the time. The cable news networks were designed to deal with big stories, though not for small ones. So when no big news event reveals itself, smaller stories get overexposed.
Now, how do you suppose they choose which stories to overexpose? In this case, some tabloid reporters hacked their way into the cell phone voicemail boxes of some people, and used the information acquired in news stories. Not a significant and big story you would think, but for the CEO of the news organization being Rupert Murdoch, whose holdings include the 'evil' Fox News.
'News of the World' vs. WikiLeaks: Murdoch's the Only Variable - HUMAN EVENTS
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