Man bites dog
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man-bites-dog-216-257476
title:
Man bites dog
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The phrase man bites dog is a shortened version of an aphorism in journalism that describes how an unusual, infrequent event is more likely to be reported as news than an ordinary, everyday occurrence with similar consequences, such as a dog biting a man. The phenomenon is also described in the journalistic saying, "You never read about a plane that did not crash." It can be expressed mathematically; a basic principle of information theory is that reports of unusual events provide more informati
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Aphorism in journalism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_bites_dog
date created:
2004-10-07T18:29:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T22:00:57Z
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