: Re: Why are news articles in the US structured so non-linearly? Even after almost two years of daily consumption of US print (well, online) news, in particular, the NY Times, I still cannot get
"News" articles (at least in America), aren't just about "news." They are also about the people who make the news.
So after beginning with a line or two of "hard" news, the article goes off on a tangent about police officers, public officials, or other people who are in any way connected with the news.
That's because the newspaper is trying to cultivate "sources." The reason is that newspapers get most of their news from such sources. This is more true today, when reporters do less "legwork," and instead "compile" most of their news from people they talk to on a regular basis. The amount of coverage they give to sources, as opposed to news, reflects that fact.
A piece of "news" lasts for a day. A source can last for "life" (or at least for the career).
Kudos if your post actually got them to alter their (online) article, if only a little bit.
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