Mouth / Jaw - Dropping Scandals !

Newspapers and magazines sell much more whenever they print on their front pages " mouth- dropping " scandals or "jaw-dropping " crimes. Do you know why ? Why do most readers cannot resist buying magazines and/or newspapers which often  select " unbelievable " stories and publish them with shocking photos and several " dirty " details  ? How do you feel when there is a new " jaw-dropping " scandal to read in your favorite magazine ? Does it happen to you the same thing that has happened to the Gennie in this video below ?

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/jaw-dropping

Nowadays " jaw-dropping scandals"  and " mouth-dropping reports " are spread through our computer terminals and mobile phones at once,aren't they ? Then ,the old forms of broadcasting media began to break up.Have you noticed that ? Do you still buy newspapers and magazines  at the newsagents or newsdealers ?

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/newsagent

Roy Greenslade from theguardian.com has commented : " Journalists like to speculate on why fewer national newspapers are being sold today than at any time during the past 60 years." Mr.Greenslade admits : "Print can't compete with 24-hour news on TV and radio. "

Do you agree with him ? If you click on the link below,you are going to know more reasons and facts that Mr.Greenslade has mentioned about the newspaper circulation decline .Do you like his headline ; " Newspaper sales plunge over the decade."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/14/national-newspapers-sales-decade

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