New York.
The New York Times building.
Duke, the editor-in-chief, sat at his desk while looking at the trending page on his computer screen. He couldn't help but smirk.
Thanks to the successful life support system launch, NASA had been in all of the major media's headlines. This made people feel like they were in the space race again, nothing in the world could defeat the stripes and stars.
Because of the heightened public interest, any news regarding the Ares program was highly sought after.
Media outlets didn't have to provide any new information. They just had to process and fabricate some already-existing knowledge. Combine that with a click-baiting headline made the newspaper sales go through the roof.
Ever since entering the age of the Internet, this was the first time The New York Times achieved 20% sales growth for two consecutive months. Half of the growth was because of the editorial office.