The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty.
Meaning of the quote
The quote means that news stories are often carefully planned and presented to catch people's attention. But after a while, people lose interest in those stories and start to focus on the next new and interesting thing instead.
More quotes from Thomas Griffith
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