A King/Queen/Politician being horrified by a stabbing is not news.
A King/Queen/Politician being horrified by a stabbing is not news.
👁️ "When a dog bites a man, that is not #news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news."
👁️ "You never read about a plane that did not crash."
💡 #ManBitesDog phenomenon can be expressed mathematically; a basic principle of #information theory is that reports of unusual events provide more information than those for more routine outcomes 👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_bites_dog