Romenesko

Los Angeles Times
That's one of Bill Dwyre's complaints. "We write more about ourselves than we do about our subjects. We have Facebook and YouTube, and we see the world as being all about us, on all topics, every day." Re AP's declaration that Britney Spears is news: "No she isn't. She is titillation. She is a troubled young woman whom we cover with delight, rather than empathy. She is web hits, the current fool's gold of the newspaper industry."