The correct answer is D) how entertaining it is.
Because the American news industry is dependent on advertising revenues to function and make a profit, decisions about news items may depend on how entertaining it is.
The news industry depends on advertising revenues because it is a business. Their owners and investors want to make a profit from the news. Unfortunately, this factor biases the news, which should be objective to exactly report the truth. However, the are many economic interests involved in this business and instead of working to report news that informs, educate, and makes people think, many times the news corporations are just interested in entertainment and profit from it.