Well, everyone who reads the news believes they are taking action, that they have the awareness needed to make decisions. Isn't that the point of the news?
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Well, everyone who reads the news believes they are taking action, that they have the awareness needed to make decisions. Isn't that the point of the news?
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.