I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers.
Television's not going read stories to you.
It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news.
I know what the structure of the language is.
Well, news is anything that's interesting, that relates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the culture that would be of interest to your audience.
So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense.