The results had shown "quite categorically that my concerns were right, that the leadership was struggling and that there was a culture of good news prevailing and that intervention was required".
This is because the ugliest news is news that continues, that goes on happening, that fans out into more than one trajectory at a time — news that rolls on in cascading sequences that, by prevailing standards, decline in news value.
On Monday, prevailing images on cable news were not of Senator John Kerry throwing the first pitch at Fenway Park the night before, but those of his wife laying into the editor of a conservative newspaper and telling him to "shove it" before a horde of other journalists.
When it comes to realtime news, the prevailing wisdom these days is to let your friends tell you what to read through Twitter or Facebook.
Comment columns of mainstream news sites reveal prevailing attitudes that such language is just part of the game.
"If we allow an accused with a pending, nonbailable case to travel to countries without extradition treaties with the Philippines to seek medical care for an ailment that can be addressed sufficiently in our own hospitals, is justice prevailing?" Mr. Aquino asked at a news conference.
According to interviews by multiple news sources, the prevailing perception is that it's all part of a campaign to villainise Brown, smooth the way for a decision by the grand jury not to indict Mr Wilson, and cover up police malfeasance.
Tells of horse Conchita that threw Premier Mussolini, and the follow-up news events on his prevailing conditions.
If they are identified at all, the prevailing corporate culture of occluding bad news often makes matters worse increasing reputation risk and public mistrust.
