The change in the hard/soft news ratio has taken on several forms. In the print media, the change can be seen clearly by the expansion of back of the book sections, for example, about subjects as varied as science and gardening. Television has no formal back of the book, but there are now fewer sections devoted to domestic and international political news.

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It e'en the semblance of sound's softest echo Were to compare the faintest starlet's beam, Struggling through angry clouds its misty Ray, With the all-powerful Sun's meridian ray, Dazzling the gaze of nature — doth pervade The atmosphere, as 'twere a whisper's shadow Or breathing soft disembodied souls;

This expression rex Anglorum is rightly signalised by historians as a milestone in our history.