> I sometimes wonder if they are playing a sort of game, how many minutes of "content" can be made while conveying the least amount of information possible.

Exactly my impression. I tell people there is no real news in the United States, only gossip style reporting of information one can do nothing about and has nothing to do with them. If the reporting it political, it's in 4th grade language and a second grade mentality. News in the United States is talking to children.

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matwood 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s not even a game. There just isn’t that much news to report on 24/7. And even when an event does happen, the early reports are often wrong. People crave an update when there is no update to give.

	▲	bsenftner 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> "isn't that much news"?! We are not given any factual and material information on business activities in the nation, which is what the nation is actually doing. Who (as in companies) are gaining, are losing, and how is this economic conflict manifesting for their consumers and employees? None of that reporting is performed, the population is too shallow minded to even understand the discussion. Where are the local economics news that graduates to county, state and region with actionable numbers and not pointless no-ground reporting like "the stock market has trading volume of x trillions" <- useless information. We get sports and entertainment news, which is not news, not really, not at all.