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In an age where attention spans dwindle and advertisers clamour for engagement, sensationalist stories are often prized over nuanced reporting. The traveller muses that this media frenzy serves primarily to sell ad space, with the startling realization that prominent figures in news organizations, such as Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, command annual salaries exceeding $30 million—dollars that presumably originate from the vast ad revenue her viewership generates.