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Literally, news is the word of the new -- that's the origin and point of it. Humans love a story -- we love to tell them, and we love to hear them. Sometimes we want to hear a story about what other humans are doing, and that's the point of the news.

I wasn’t asking about the meaning of the word or its etymology. I asked what’s the point of reading the news for the average consumer, and, more importantly, what’s its benefit? From what’s been written, it can be concluded that mostly, it's entertainment, a form of leisure.

When you ask about the point of a thing, you open the door to learn what it is, where it came from, and et cetera. The point of an arrow is different than that of a pencil because of what each truly is ... so, the origin and point of news is storytelling, as it has always been.

My fault, I couldn’t phrase the question correctly. The question wasn’t about the meaning of the thing, but about the meaning of the action.