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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Reading the news should be
> entertaining, yes, but it should also be informative and thought
> provoking, in my opinion.  Why isn't it? . . . What's amusing is that at least
> half of the time, there is nothing more to the story than the headline.

Calm down. The purpose of the news today is to titillate and sell 
advertising. There are still some serious journalists but they are 
dying out due to what publishers require.