They used to be known as "editor's haircut" stories. When a senior journalist found that a trim at the local barbers had broken some significant price barrier (1/6d or perhaps now £10), a reporter was dispatched to furnish a story of suitable outrage.
However much the media deny it, personal circumstances can "inform" the agenda - and it's nice to see concern about house prices in Ealing has been replaced by new of mini-tornadoes in Heaton Moor on 5Live, as fessed up by News Editor Steve Mawhinney for How Do.
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