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I think we need to reckon in a very serious way with the emotional content of news and the way that people perceive facts and their perception of their situation and to me I think the tabloid is like fundamentally an emotional form of journalism and that kind of emotional valence is what distinguishes it from the broad sheet.

Lydia Polgreen

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Lydia Polgreen
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Lydia Frances Polgreen
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