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* In the 1951 film ''Film/AceInTheHole'', reporter Chuck Tatum creates a Human Interest Story for himself; when he hears about a man trapped in a collapsed cave, he deliberately prolongs his rescue by manipulating the local authorities, just so he can report on it and restore his career.
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* In the 1951 film ''Film/AceInTheHole'', ''Film/AceInTheHole1951'', reporter Chuck Tatum creates a Human Interest Story for himself; when he hears about a man trapped in a collapsed cave, he deliberately prolongs his rescue by manipulating the local authorities, just so he can report on it and restore his career.
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* Parodied in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" being a favorite of the Hatchetfield locals. We see a snippet of a news story about him at the start of the show, where the newscasters reveal Peanuts was a small, sickly little squirrel who was expected to die after a bad fall, but was taken in by a man named Ed, who let Peanuts live in his pocket and nursed him back to health. Paul happily watches the story before shutting the TV off just as the newscasters start [[SkewedPriorities talking about a meteor crash]]. [[spoiler:At the end of the show, this becomes a BrickJoke at the end of the show, when Emma finds out that the SoleSurvivor from Hatchetfield besides herself was a squirrel who was found burrowed in a man's chest.]]
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* Parodied in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" being a favorite of the Hatchetfield locals. We see a snippet of a news story about him at the start of the show, where the newscasters reveal Peanuts was a small, sickly little squirrel who was expected to die after a bad fall, but was taken in by a man named Ed, who let Peanuts live in his pocket and nursed him back to health. Paul happily watches the story before shutting the TV off just as the newscasters start [[SkewedPriorities talking about a meteor crash]]. [[spoiler:At the end of the show, this becomes a BrickJoke at the end of the show, BrickJoke, when Emma finds out that the SoleSurvivor from Hatchetfield besides herself was a squirrel who was found burrowed in a man's chest.]]
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* Parodied in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" being a favorite of the Hatchetfield locals. We see a snippet of a news story about him at the start of the show, where the newscasters reveal Peanuts was a small, sickly little squirrel who was expected to die after a bad fall, but was taken in by a man named Ed, who let Peanuts live in his pocket and nursed him back to health. Paul happily watches the story before shutting the TV off just as the newscasters start [[SkewedPriorities talking about a meteor crash]]. [[spoiler:At the end of the show, this becomes a BrickJoke at the end of the show, when Emma finds out that the SoleSurvivor from Hatchetfield besides herself was a squirrel who was found burrowed in a man's chest.]]
-->'''Emma:''' [[spoiler:Aw, Peanuts! I'm glad he made it out of there.]]
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* Parodied in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" being a favorite of the Hatchetfield locals. We see a snippet of a news story about him at the start of the show, where the newscasters reveal Peanuts was a small, sickly little squirrel who was expected to die after a bad fall, but was taken in by a man named Ed, who let Peanuts live in his pocket and nursed him back to health. Paul happily watches the story before shutting the TV off just as the newscasters start [[SkewedPriorities talking about a meteor crash]]. [[spoiler:At the end of the show, this becomes a BrickJoke at the end of the show, when Emma finds out that the SoleSurvivor from Hatchetfield besides herself was a squirrel who was found burrowed in a man's chest.]]
-->'''Emma:''' [[spoiler:Aw, Peanuts! I'm glad he made it out of there.]]
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* Series/ThePrimeMinisterAndI: A KoreanSeries. Rather than asking the Prime Minister newsworthy questions, she asks him what kind of underwear he wears and his favorite flavor of ice cream then writes an Article tentatively titled, "The Prime Minister Who Wears Briefs".
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* Series/ThePrimeMinisterAndI: A KoreanSeries. Rather than asking the Prime Minister newsworthy questions, she asks him what kind of underwear underpants he wears and his favorite flavor of ice cream then writes an Article tentatively titled, "The Prime Minister Who Wears Briefs".
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* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'': Deconstructed in the episode "Feel-Good Story." Stefani Stilton tells Diane and Guy to do fewer exposés for Stilton's blog site Girl Croosh, and more "feel-good" stories about human interest. However, Diane struggles to find a good story because a lot of them don't actually sound "feel good" to her - she hears about a little girl making a lemonade stand to pay for her dad's cancer treatment and remarks on how depressing it is that a child had to join the workforce because the country doesn't have subsidized healthcare. When Diane interviews two girls who started a company that sells dolls with diverse body types made of recycled material, she learns they got bought up by the MegaCorp Whitewhale and are going to relocate for cheaper labor. Her disgust for this seeps into the interview, making it hard to keep the vlog "feel-goody."
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* In ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' William de Worde chases all over Borogravia reporting on the war and his human interest stories [[spoiler: change public opinion about the war and guarantee that Borogravia will have food and supplies through the winter.]]
** Parodied earlier in ''Discworld/TheTruth'', where William finds himself explaining to the Patrician that you need "human interest" stories in order to get people to read the stories that are "in the public interest". The Patrician wonders if this means humans and the public are different people. As de Worde puts it, what's in the public interest and [[LuridTalesOfDoom what the public's interested in]] don't necessarily overlap.
** Parodied earlier in ''Discworld/TheTruth'', where William finds himself explaining to the Patrician that you need "human interest" stories in order to get people to read the stories that are "in the public interest". The Patrician wonders if this means humans and the public are different people. As de Worde puts it, what's in the public interest and [[LuridTalesOfDoom what the public's interested in]] don't necessarily overlap.
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** In''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' William de Worde chases all over Borogravia reporting on the war and his human interest stories [[spoiler: change public opinion about the war and guarantee that Borogravia will have food and supplies through the winter.]]
** Parodied earlier in''Discworld/TheTruth'', ''Literature/TheTruth'', where William finds himself explaining to the Patrician that you need "human interest" stories in order to get people to read the stories that are "in the public interest". The Patrician wonders if this means humans and the public are different people. As de Worde puts it, what's in the public interest and [[LuridTalesOfDoom what the public's interested in]] don't necessarily overlap.
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A Human Interest Story is a type of news story that focuses on a person, group of people, and/or culture in an emotional manner. The goal is to create an empathy between the audience and the subject matter, often with the intent to garner sympathy and/or awareness in the process.
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A Human Interest Story is a type of news story that focuses on a person, group of people, and/or culture in an emotional manner. The goal is to create an empathy between the audience and the subject matter, often with the intent to garner sympathy and/or awareness in the process.
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While the term is inherently neutral, it has still gained quite a negative stigma over the years. The label usually only comes up when denouncing a story as emotionally manipulative, PanderingToTheBase, and often veering towards {{Glurge}}. Within the journalism community, human interest stories are viewed with disdain and people who specialize in them as not really being "true" journalists. Editors have a love-hate relation, since a human interest story helps bring more readers/viewers in through word of mouth but tends to not reflect well on their integrity. As such, human interest stories tend to be given much less priority in terms of placement within the newspaper/magazine/show. It's a slow news day when a human interest story makes the headline. However, the priority is also regionally affected, as these are more common and accepted in some parts of the world then in others. Depending on how this plays out, it can lead to the WorstNewsJudgmentEver.
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While the term is inherently neutral, it has still gained quite a negative stigma over the years. The label usually only comes up when denouncing a story as emotionally manipulative, PanderingToTheBase, and often veering towards {{Glurge}}. Within the journalism community, human interest stories are viewed with disdain and people who specialize in them as not really being "true" journalists. Editors have a love-hate relation, since a human interest story helps bring more readers/viewers in through word of mouth but tends to not reflect well on their integrity. As such, human interest stories tend to be given much less priority in terms of placement within the newspaper/magazine/show. It's a slow news day when a human interest story makes the headline. However, the priority is also regionally affected, as these are more common and accepted in some parts of the world then than in others. Depending on how this plays out, it can lead to the WorstNewsJudgmentEver.
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* ''Podcast/MysteryShow'' runs on this. Its mysteries are mainly small-scale things like the sudden closure of a video store, or finding the owners of a lost belt buckle and a strange vanity license plate.
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* ''Podcast/MysteryShow'' runs on this. Its mysteries are mainly small-scale things like the sudden closure of a video store, store or finding the owners of a lost belt buckle and a strange vanity license plate.
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