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To: george76

Does every single news story begin with an anecdote?


3 posted on 05/08/2023 8:58:41 AM PDT by webheart
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To: webheart

If you want to incite fear among the general populace, use a personal story to make people feel like it could happen to them, even though the actual odds are extremely low.


7 posted on 05/08/2023 9:15:00 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: webheart

It’s required isn’t it? I mean, you must make the story longer so that you can post more ads while it is up. Isn’t that correct?

These kids would fail and faint at the thought of having to get the necessary information for a billion dollar financial decision on one page as I have had to do so many times.

I swear, you have to read War and Peace to get to the punch line of most articles these days.


24 posted on 05/08/2023 10:57:37 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: webheart

Saindy Pyles thought she was going to die with her son, Gomer, clutched to her chest.


30 posted on 05/08/2023 11:39:39 AM PDT by webheart
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