It really doesn't matter unless it is an integral part of your job, I suppose. Take some of the top headlines today at BBC, e.g. Kenya hostage situation or Iran

It really doesn't matter unless it is an integral part of your job, I suppose. Take some of the top headlines today at BBC, e.g. Kenya hostage situation or Iran nuclear deal. In the first case, the situation is ongoing, plenty of speculation. It's gonna change many times before it's resolved, so unless you're a breaking news junkie, it makes sense to read a well-informed article on who and why when it's over. In the second case of Iran deal, it's just "we're close to a deal" + some background information. If you take a look at yesterday's Economist, they have a full analytic article on what's happening with the deal and why it's not there yet. It was printed before the article appeared and it actually explains what's happening so that the BBC article becomes useless.