The Evolution of the Media Diet Since the Introduction of the 24-7 News Cycle

Since the introduction of the 24-7 news cycle, how do you think that our media diets have continued to evolve? I think it has been a really subtle creep, so we didn't really pay attention to it as it was happening. There's definitely been a trend towards making the content of news more gripping, probably more scary,. Then things are repeated more and we know from cognitive psych that if you hear something lot, it starts to see more familiar or more accurate.