I see everywhere people wondering why certain stories trump others in news eg "why is this news when X is getting less coverage?"
Isn't it algorithms that determine what is the lead story? More clicks = more coverage = more content created
Maybe it's just a rhetorical question and I've misunderstood what posters mean and they mean why do the public seem more interested in X than X? But then doesn't it feed both ways bc you're more likely to have heard about some stories Vs others so perhaps some people would be far more interested in something else but they just haven't heard about it yet?