• Zephorah@discuss.online
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    9 hours ago

    Even in paper days journalism deliberately packed their first and second sentences of an article with the most punchy and relevant details because they knew, with every additional sentence, readers were lost.

    The line is buried. And could be stated more succinctly with “13 year old girl”, punching in the relevant details.

    Instead, extra words are added. It’s deliberate. And it’s journalism’s job not to do this because a large slice of readers will hit only the key words and move on.