News is Entertainment

News media admits it is really entertainment.  In a recent Economist blog, an Economist writer admits that the story and its narrative are more important than the truth.  The reason?  Don't want to waste time on a story that won't be exciting.  

"As Jay Rosen, an NYU journalism professor who understands everything, has explained at great length for years, the media is biased in favour of excitement."
http://www.economist.com/node/21557063