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'Tragedy Porn' Drags Down News Sources

Online outlets mull pay models, putting a price on sensational stories

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 7, 2009 2:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – Word is that newspapers will soon start charging for online news—but no one’s quite sure what it’s worth. Take a story like the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping: It’s “tragedy porn” that “neither informs nor enlightens. It merely titillates,” writes...   Read full story »

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