Are newsflashes with attention grabbers like "eating extra bread causes cancer" or whatever a waste of time to

Question

read, you think. I mean a study that isn't even really complete and is just a step away from an hypothesis could really be considered news, perhaps going along with all the other fillers when the important stories about reality are few and far between. I mean stories beyond the surfing squirrel.

for example, anyone remember the studies about cell phones causing brain tumors...

teasers aka attention grabbers, great a new word :)

Answer 1

They are called "teasers" and they are designed to get your attention. Then you end up watching the show, waiting to find out more.