The News Editorial: Creating controversy where there is none

Leading up to Super Bowl LVIII, I kept seeing posts and headlines on how no one was going to watch this year’s Super Bowl as no one wanted to see a rematch from four years ago.

Well perhaps “no one” watched but many did, in fact, according to Poynter senior editor Tom Jones in his Tuesday newsletter, a record number watched this year’s Super Bowl. Early indication is 123.4 million viewers watched...