>The only news you should be paying attention to is local news
It's time to completely obliterate this meme. Local news are not relevant. They never were, they never will be. Let's see what my local newspaper has to say for today:
- weather today (probably less acurate than other sources)
- local grandma is about to turn 103
- car crash in midtown (nobody was injured)
- motorcyclist crashed (minor injuries)
- the results of a soccer match nobody cares about
- some section of the park will be renewed
- mishmash of national news and international news (copy pasted)
Even if someone you care about has an accident, you'll find out before you check this. The only thing would be a site that keeps track of the city's history or something like that. That and ads for local businesses... and obituaries.
That doesn't make much sense at all. This is not like being a lawyer or a doctor where the meaning is "you've completed a degree". The term "engineer" is meaningless. It's more like being a writer or a musician. There is no objective criteria to fulfill.
Furthermore, I don't understand why some people have the need to regulate everything. That's not how the real world works.
It's time to completely obliterate this meme. Local news are not relevant. They never were, they never will be. Let's see what my local newspaper has to say for today:
- weather today (probably less acurate than other sources)
- local grandma is about to turn 103
- car crash in midtown (nobody was injured)
- motorcyclist crashed (minor injuries)
- the results of a soccer match nobody cares about
- some section of the park will be renewed
- mishmash of national news and international news (copy pasted)
Even if someone you care about has an accident, you'll find out before you check this. The only thing would be a site that keeps track of the city's history or something like that. That and ads for local businesses... and obituaries.