Here we look for random newsworthy topics and articles that catch our eye from around the WWW. Of course, what is newsworthy for some is not for others, but we hope you enjoy some of the eclectic articles that we stumble across and share with you. Wikipedia’s definition of “newsworthy” is as follows:
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Newsworthiness is defined as a subject having sufficient relevance to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
In some countries and at some points in history, what news media and the public have considered “newsworthy” has met different definitions, such as the notion of news values. For example, mid-twentieth-century news reporting in the United States focused on political and local issues with important socio-economic impacts, such as the landing of a living person on the moon or the cold war. More recently, the focus similarly remains on political and local issues; however, the news mass media now comes under criticism for over-emphasis on “non-news” and “gossip” such as celebrities’ personal social issues, local issues of little merit, as well as biased sensationalism of political topics such as terrorism and the economy. The dominance of celebrity and social news, the blurring of the boundary between news and reality shows and other popular culture, and the advent of citizen journalism may suggest that the nature of ‘news’ and news values are evolving and that traditional models of the news process are now only partially relevant. Newsworthiness does not only depend on the topic, but also the presentation of the topic and the selection of information from that topic.” – excerpt from Wikipedia, full article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News
If you don’t think the articles we find are at all newsworthy, then we are truly sorry, but as it is subjective, there is little we can do!