News/Not News

[talon]

What's News and What's Not News, according to me. Some of the things, OK almost everything, listed in the Not News section belongs in either a tabloid or the gossip pages in the back of the news, not front page news.Not News:

Tiger Woods
The Salahis
Susan Boyle
Sarah Palin
Former US Presidents complaining about current US President
Scientists behaving like bullies
Reindeer dung jewelry
Actors talking about Tiger Woods
Dieting celebs
Celebs declaring they are homosexuals
Celeb moms guilty about working
Rehashes and results of reality shows
People released from jury duty because of names, etc.
Social network sites to expunge sex offenders
PETA
Gordon Brown's inability to tell one celeb from another
Wall Street geeks no longer on Wall Street
Writing effective market copy
Carbon laws
Doctors told to ovoid "flirty" patients
Daily activities of celebs
Tabloids activities and news
Celeb dies after elective cosmetic surgery
Anything involving fat bashing, gender bashing, divorced mother bashing, abortion bashing, or just bashing in general for anything
Anything presented as factual long before the facts are actually checked - I'd rather wait a few hours for the truth rather than get false information and rumors presented as truth that will later have to be recanted because the news people (I can't bring myself to call them journalists) were too eager to present ANYTHING rather than wait for the truth.


News:

Large Hadron Collider
Sunken Gold Rush boat found in lake
Paris Museums closed due to strike
Google acting responsibly towards authors and publishers
Afghanistan and Iraq news as opposed to gossip
Weak Water supply
ISS information
Accurate Murder and crime information
Hijacked oil tanker
Pirate activity
Political races
Iran releases prisoners
Space shuttle launches and returns
Space information
Cookies
Political issues
Tax issues
Safety issues
Technological breakthroughs
Anything that is FACT-CHECKED before being presented as factual