The quality of news generally is just awful. You could pick a newspaper from any day of the year and you'll have the same articles: crime, soccer, some hardly d

The quality of news generally is just awful. You could pick a newspaper from any day of the year and you'll have the same articles: crime, soccer, some hardly disguised ad for a new movie, etc. There's no reason to read it. TV news is also highly ritualistic. Why do they mention the stock exchanges every day? It's not really information, and those who care about it already know.