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I first became interested in this subject a few years ago, the summer after I graduated from high school. A friend of mine got to write an opinion column in the local paper, and he decided to write on sensationalism. We went down to a crowded outdoor shopping mall in Kansas City and surveyed people on how much they knew about certain issues, including the Natalee Holloday disappearance and the Michael Jackson trial. Then we asked them how much they knew about the genocide in Darfur as a contrast. The results were sad, but not unexpected. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:34, 12 December 2007 (EST)

Blame Hearst and yellow journalism.--[[User:Snotbowst|Snotbowst]] 20:18, 7 January 2009 (EST)