News Hypothesis

I was thinking the other night that there is an equation for the publication of successful news. You need four types of news stories to focus in on during a news week or day. Think about them and you'll be shocked at how each week will have one. Please fill me in if other thoughts like this have occured, especially by marketing enthusiasts.

• A crime story (usually viscious)
  
• A celebrity story
  
• A political story (also includes war)
  
• A water-cooler story
  

What comes to mind this week is the Holloway girl in Aruba, Tom Cruise's new engagement, Gitmo accusations, and a man who molested 36,000 children.

Just a thought.