news
[nooz, nyooz]
noun (usually used with a singular verb
)
)
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.
Today in class, after finishing Good Night, and Good Luck, we had a discussion about how news has changed overtime. One change we talked about was the presence of segments on life, style, and entertainment. Being curious, I searched the actual definition and got what you see above.
In the sentence
given as an example of how to use the word, "news" means information.
But now when we turn on the news, we are told which movies to go to or what
hotspots we should hit downtown. Even when you go to CNN- "FBI releases
Russian spy ring video" is found right next to "Actor, vet, breakout
ballroom star" (CNN.com).
Learning about an actor slash vet slash ballroom dancer does not make the
cable-viewing world more intelligent about their surroundings. Learning about
Russian spy ring taking action within the US that could possibly very close to
us? That is something that is good to know. While it may not affect
us personally, it affects Americans. The actor-vet-dancer doesn't even affect
America as a whole. He's just on another reality talent show.
Maybe I'm part of a minority, but I
would much rather know what is going on in the world than watching 10 minutes
of weather. But you decide. Would you rather watch a segment about spies that could really affect us, or a segment about a dancing and acting vet?
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