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[And if you do venture into the park, there he is. Kon is lazily sitting against a tree, smoking is pipe in a laggard manner, a few books next to him, over a few issues of a newspaper]

Ah, I was wondering if you were going to show up. Sorry about this, but I don't really like classrooms. [He's actually pleasantly surprised]

[Welcome, students, to your Media Class]

C'mon, sit down, the grass isn't going to bite. Let's begin this, yeah? If this goes well you're all dismissed early, so.

[He throws the newspapers to the nearest person sitting to him] Pass this around for me, will ya?

[When everyone has a newspaper, he starts, leaning forward and his legs curling to sit indian style.] Alright, so. When you read or hear the news, what is the most common trait you find in them? We have "Frequency", the amount of times something happens that deems it newsworthy - you know, the whole "what isn't novel isn't news" concept.

Then "Unexpectedness": If an event is out of the ordinary it will have a greater effect than something that is an everyday occurrence. These two are related, but there's also the fact that predictability is also an accountable news-value, since scheduled occurrences can give the media some time to prepare for a better coverage. You start to see some conflicting values here, right?

Reference to elite persons are always being published, as stories concerned with the rich, powerful, famous and infamous get more coverage.

...what else?

Too much hacking? Too much thrill-seeking? TOO LAZY, KON, GO WASH THE DISHES?
Is he wearing fundoshi or not?

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