News

Submitted by fyl on Sun, 2013/02/10 - 10:31.

News is something someone doesn't want printed. All else is advertizing.

— William Randolph Hearst

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comfortable

Submitted by Che Guevara on Sun, 2013/02/10 - 19:22.

afflicting the comfortable, comforting the afflicted! aka - all the news that's fit to print!

"Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'sir' without adding, 'you're making a scene." -Homer J. Simpson

Wow!

Submitted by fyl on Sun, 2013/02/10 - 10:37.

I was reading an article about The Guardian's hit job on Julian Assange and saw this quote. It is the best explanation of what news is that I have ever seen and it comes from someone who was clearly an expert.

Dan Rather

Submitted by migs on Sun, 2013/02/10 - 16:27.

It reminds me of Dan Rather's answer to the following question, from Reddit.com:

    "How do you feel about 24 hour news channels ruining news; just talking heads and no actual stories? I mean CNN got rid of their entire investigatory news section, because it wasn't "Profitable". How do you tell real news?" --CharlesBBarkin

    Rather: well the 24-hour news cycle has contributed to what I call the 'trivialization of the news' - quick hits, at best, little depth, context or perspective. Too much in-studio, programs not enough in the field. It's cheaper, less controversial and of course less substantive. Investigative journalism is expensive, and causes discomfort with the powerful. And that's the reason the amount of investigative journalism is shrinking and not expanding. What CNN just did with its investigative unit has been happening in journalism for awhile.

Al Jazeera

Submitted by fyl on Sun, 2013/02/10 - 17:57.

Rather is correct. The new player who may make a difference (in English -- they clearly are in other languages) is Al Jazeera. Many of their reporters can from the BBC's cost cutting. Recently they have been doing some real investigative journalism. The best example I have seen is their investigation into Arafat's death. It's pretty clear they have put a lot of money into that effort.

Its one definition, yes.

Submitted by Juanno on Sun, 2013/02/10 - 12:50.

It also fits the definition "information not previously known to the reader"