Please don’t close this den discussion w/o proper discussion of this topic. It matters to all us Authors.
@theunknownsleeper:disqus , @disqus_phRVHF4xQ0:disqus , and any and all authors here on BNR are(should be!) welcomed here to converse THIS topic of what going forward is now being considered as ‘News”. Not be told to butt out.
OK, that said. Will “Breaking News’ qualified OPs going forward be determinative on being informative, actual ‘news’? Possibly be judged on the tone and or tenor of the content as presented? The Babylon Bee? The Borowitz Report? Duffel Blog?? Cartoons?
I’m NOT picking on any single OP/Author. yet lets consider a few recent OPs:
The above OPs. I don’t have objection at any of them, yet are they informative ‘news’ by the new ‘standard”?