Pulitzer Prize Winner: Kardashian Coverage Plentiful Because It's Cheap

David Cay Johnston, the esteemed investigative reporter whose career has encompassed the San Jose Mercury News, Detroit Free Press, LA Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Times, visited the University of South Carolina on Wednesday to speak to students.

Per a report in student newspaper The Gamecock, he reminded the audience that one of the primary reasons there is so much Kardashian coverage is that this type of content is a lot cheaper to manufacture than solid investigative journalism.

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