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Alternative explanation for modern writers: write then there is less breaking news.

“Important” news feels important and one may feel more justified in attending to it.

As a former beat journalist I can anecdotally attest to this. By number, I've definitely written about more "breaking news" in the morning than at night. The content I'd write about at night would invariably have to be more interesting to me than whatever needs to be written about in the morning due to personal fatigue more than anything.

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