Original sentence: In his book, Drew claims to have found twelve patterns observed in the news, including: fear-mongering in the absence of facts; the bogus press release, which states a new finding but fails to explain where the numbers came from; media fatigue, when the media exhaust every angle of an existing story rather than digging for something new; equal time for "nutjobs"; or coverage given to such events as brides who don't want to get married, fake their own kidnapping, and escape cross-country
Edited sentence: In his book, Drew claims to have found twelve patterns observed in the news, including: fear-mongering in the absence of facts; the bogus press release, which states a new finding but fails to explain where the numbers came from; media fatigue, when the media exhaust every angle of an existing story rather than digging for something new; equal time for nutjobs; or coverage given to such events as brides who don't want to get married, fake their own kidnapping, and escape cross-country