Your average New York Joe Blowhole who's 67, obese, diabetic and smoked since he was 15 isn't going to be as newsworthy a story as a murder is, the day he drops dead of a heart attack in his living room.

Outside of the obit a family member puts in the paper, why would the newspapers report on such an everyday death?

Natural causes of death, are ho-hum.

The newspapers report on the things that aren't the run-of-the-mill, occurrences.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

True, but/and let’s consider something like a more conservative outlet (relative to NYT) in 2023. Who’s president? What issues are getting talked up pre-election? I’m guessing we’ll see something like drugs and homicide taking a massive chunk of the news relative to what the NYT reported. Even regional news will differ — ever turn on the daytime news in Las Vegas? It’s all car chases and interviews with shooting witnesses. You’d think nothing else happened in the world. Just an interesting experiment.

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

Oh Yeah, to that, definitely. I always get a chuckle out of the Fox TV stations across the country that will have local horror stories.. Sometimes absolutely lurid in detail.

The reporting vogue seems to be Families Gone Bad in the Upper Midwest..