sensationalism

I feel that sensationalism in the media is not a foreign concept to our generation. I think that we are so conditioned to that type of news that it is difficult to realize that it is salatious. I'm not sure if it is a good thing or a bad thing it's pretty much just a thing. We grew up in the era of news for shock value with stories like the Menendez brothers, Amy Fisher, and Lorena Bobbitt. The stories of yesterday have been replaced with more sensationalism like Scott and Lacy Petersen and Natalie Hollaway. These stories are sad and have become engrained in our culture through the sensationalism of journalism.