[nihzm]

I had not considered this. You (and others mentioning it) have a point. Though I would still have preferred a more substantial article as submission.

[llm_trw]

It's breaking news about a topic that came out of the blue for everyone. There isn't the time or knowledge of wtf is going on to write that article.

[nihzm]

> It's breaking news about a topic that came out of the blue for everyone.

After having read the two rather strongly opinionated pieces "Amusing ourselves to death" [1] and "Avoid news" [2] they have mostly convinced me that "breaking news" is rarely of value in our everyday life, and I would rather have less of it.

[1] https://ia800101.us.archive.org/27/items/Various_PDFs/NeilPo...

[2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20130117104220if_/http://dobelli...

[UncleOxidant]

Anything more "substantial" would likely be speculation.