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DUMBING down of news content

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Is it just me or is there an overall trend to dumb down news content? I was told recently not to include percentage numbers or too many numbers within a story such as the price of gasoline...high and low within a certain area. EH? Is news being dumbed down to elementary school level because some people in management believe their audience is that stupid? Granted, phone numbers and website addresses are a no no but other numbers are need for many stories. Anyone have any thoughts or am I alone in experiencing this??? I also posted this on the Tampa site and the News/Talk site.
 
I Don't feel it is a DUMBING DOWN at all and I'm 50+ over 30 years in radio.The dynamic has changed somewhat.Where it used to be considered to be important to be as detailed as possible on the air 20 or 25 years ago the average attention span is no longer what it once was and the goal nowadays is basically to be a "Tease" story to direct folks that want more details on a particular story to your web site to drive those numbers.
 
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