Agreed. Even the "news" listed on this site is usually of dubious value. I enjoy it, but I couldn't claim that a large percentage of it is "important." I thi

Agreed. Even the "news" listed on this site is usually of dubious value. I enjoy it, but I couldn't claim that a large percentage of it is "important." I think people are under the odd impression that news used to be akin to national intelligence. But that was always far more detailed than news agencies were able to report. And, hopefully, more actionable. But most of the "actionable" comes from the greater agency of the government. Not from knowing the data.