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Originally Posted by laurele
These types of stories are what in the newspaper publishing world are called "feature" or "human interest" as opposed to "hard news." I could see editors arguing that the fact that such "ghost hunters" exist and get regular calls from people makes a story in and of itself, whether or not there are such things as ghosts--especially at this time of year. Remember, a lot of these networks also pass off "celebrity" news as news coverage when this is really nothing more than entertainment, and they don't limit this to just one season.
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Actually I can see newspaper editors being contacted in the middle of the night and being threatened for wanting to cover a certain story and being coerced into running so-called human interest stories that do nothing to embiggen the smallest man.
Or newspapers and other news media are savvy to the fact that the majority of people aren't interested in the news of the world at large and the only reason they have a job is because they sell advertising not because their journalism actually provokes or enlightens the masses.