| Display title | If It Bleeds, It Leads |
| Default sort key | If It Bleeds, It Leads |
| Page length (in bytes) | 12,756 |
| Namespace ID | 0 |
| Page ID | 86537 |
| Page content language | en - English |
| Page content model | wikitext |
| Indexing by robots | Allowed |
| Number of redirects to this page | 0 |
| Counted as a content page | Yes |
| Number of subpages of this page | 2 (0 redirects; 2 non-redirects) |
| Edit | Allow all users (infinite) |
| Move | Allow all users (infinite) |
| Delete | Allow all users (infinite) |
| Page creator | prefix>Import Bot |
| Date of page creation | 21:27, 1 November 2013 |
| Latest editor | Lequinni (talk | contribs) |
| Date of latest edit | 01:00, 20 September 2021 |
| Total number of edits | 16 |
| Recent number of edits (within past 180 days) | 0 |
| Recent number of distinct authors | 0 |
| Transcluded templates (6) | Templates used on this page:
|
Description | Content |
Article description: (description)
This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | A basic fact in the news media is that, if a story involves a brutal death or injury of some kind (or the likelihood of it), it is likely to get higher ratings. The more lurid the story, the better its chances of being the ratings leader. Natural disasters, bank robberies, shootouts, rapes, serial killers, Gang-Bangers, school violence and animal maulings all draw an army of news vans the same way that a limping gazelle draws a pride of lions, except the gazelle is already dead and the lions are broadcasting images of its dead body to thousands, if not millions. By doing so, the news media is following a decades-old mantra: "if it bleeds, it leads!" |