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Originally Posted by Chris T
Not at all, sadly. The key to the confusion lies in the fact that you, personally, don't class Britney Spears' pregnancy as an important news event. I would argue that except over the biggest, hugest world events (911, perhaps, or the Olympics), there is no consensus about what is important news. Therefore there cannot possibly be a consensus over which newspaper, or type of newspaper, covers it best.
If you are a 14-year-old girl, for example, Britney Spears is your idol and role model (I think, no idea if that's actually still the case, but you get the idea), and therefore anything and everything that happens in her life is of vast importance. Any newspaper that gives you the details of Britney's latest exploits, will in the opinion of that person, be 'the best'.
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Well yes I personally don't regard Britney Spears pregnancy as an important news event, and yes it might be of import to a 14 year old girl. However, I'm not aware of there being many 14 year old girls contributing to CF and in particular to its Current Affairs thread (and where would you post stuff about Britney here - Current Affairs, Entertainment or Lifestyle?). But if you think that it is sensible to equate Britney with, say, the election or Darfur or crime figures, then I guess we should abandon the arbitrary boundaries in the CF Basement and indeed this thread
