>Americans also get much less of their news through reading than they once did. In 1975, about half of 20-somethings said they read the newspaper every day. Today less than 10 percent do.
Most of the news are not worth reading. I listen to news when eating, and I am very glad I don't have to waste my reading span on this crap.
I wish there was a local news paper around me. There are national news papers with a local edition, but they don't have local reporters digging into local stories and so are not worth reading.
>they don't have local reporters digging into local stories and so are not worth reading.
National newspapers don't have reporters digging for stories any more as well. Actually, for many years.
90% of newspapers are buying or reposting their stories from news agencies, such as Bloomberg or Thomson-Reuters.
90% of their activity (in turn) is rewriting press-releases and going to press-conferences of top 500 companies and government bureaus.
In the CIS we have "local telegram channels", but they are mostly run by magistrates' press secretaries, and usually don't report on anything significant, and usually just praise the district prefect and post thinly veiled ads.
For national or international news I feel if it matters I will find out. However I'm in the dark about what happens in my state. My city is even worse - and those are places an informed voter can make a difference.
Most of the news are not worth reading. I listen to news when eating, and I am very glad I don't have to waste my reading span on this crap.