Also, it saves their time in continuing reading the story since the lead paragraph contains all the main idea. As for the editors, they may trim the news story from the bottom up if there is not enough space available or they judge that the story is not worth the reader's attention Illustration 1. The Inverted Pyramid The most important information More important information Less important information Not very important information The least important information Illustrations 2: The Information in the Form of an Inverted Pyramid
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