Absolutely, this is another thing I feel strongly about. People have limited energy, attention, resources. Every news segment that opens with
"pc gone mad! radical leftists want to ban the word "blacklist"!"
is a news segment that doesn't open with
"wages have been stagnant for the past 50 years despite gains in productivity"
"prices of tvs and smartphones falling, prices of housing and healthcare skyrocketing"
"statistical studies show voter preferences have near-zero correlation with effected legislation, while preferences of the wealthier 0.5% are very strongly correlated"
"hey have you noticed that the EU is hilariously undemocratic"
"pc gone mad! radical leftists want to ban the word "blacklist"!"
is a news segment that doesn't open with
"wages have been stagnant for the past 50 years despite gains in productivity"
"prices of tvs and smartphones falling, prices of housing and healthcare skyrocketing"
"statistical studies show voter preferences have near-zero correlation with effected legislation, while preferences of the wealthier 0.5% are very strongly correlated"
"hey have you noticed that the EU is hilariously undemocratic"
etc etc.