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Jan 28, 2010
D.C.’s Local TV News Deemed Not Too Depressing
The web site Asylum.com has put together some fun pie charts in an attempt to illustrate what sorts of stories — crime, human interest, politics, sports, etc. — are typically covered more or less often in different metropolitan areas. They categorized each story in the local evening news broadcasts of 10 U.S. cities during the week of Jan. 4-8, 2010, and then ‘created a “Misery Index,” which accounted for how depressing each category is, and…