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> Bare with me here:

Most people would pay money to ensure I don't.

> Instead, we have to sift through irrelevant story-like content to get to the meat of the information and facts.

Because journalists are frustrated novelists, and editors think the "human interest" angle sells.



I found it ironic that OP started complaining about the author’s writing style by urging us to bare it all!


> editors think the "human interest" angle sells.

does it not?


When "human interest" means "keep scrolling to find the content while you look over our ads" then that angle gets less and less meaningful.




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