I believe News is information an individual finds important and is informed of through the media. News is a relative term. To me News is the results of the Primary elections not the latest mishaps of Britney Spears or Lindsey Lohan. However some people find that to be important and it is news to them.
Newsworthiness should be decided by the consumer of the medium. If the editors of the Washington-Observer feel more people in their area would find politics more newsworthy than crime then they should report the politics first. Whatever the majority of the consumer finds more newsworthy is what should be given as News.
With the rise of the global market and technology, media has become more globalized. This allows news to be communicated instantaneously around the world. There are a few problems with this. With new technology there is no way to verify what news is legitimate and what news is a hoax with another agenda. Whereas localized and nationalized media is held to a credibility standard and needs to report the facts to maintain their consumer base.
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