Things You Notice When You Quit the News
Also for lots of things there is generally the direct source available if it is economic/legal/statistically relevant and a quick skim of that is a good get you up to speed thing. The writer made mention of something as 'interesting' so that's just a key to me to go looking for information in that direction where otherwise I would not. … Can't say for others, but personally, I do believe the phenomenon is real. But I don't see it as something significantly different than "regular" reporting....
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