Quote of the Day (Evelyn Waugh, With a British Definition of ‘News’)

“News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead.” —English novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), Scoop (1938)

Well, I guess in the United States, the closest equivalent is any media outlet owned by the Murdoch family.