The problem seems to be one of distinguishing real events from the " exploito-journalism " they churn out on a daily basis.
These junior "journalists" descend on a news story with formulized recipes for "scooping " each other with one more outrageous "angle" after another...many of them refined from past psuedo-news stories like Sheehan or The Peterson Thing, Aruba, or a juicy Michael Jackson mini-series...each one desparate for an attention grabbing sensational contrived "bulletin" that either they can blurt out during live coverage with the wind and rain and coconuts flying or alternatively some georgeous news "doll'" back at studio can drone on as she reads the "stuff" rolling before her uncomprehending eyes back at studio. They call it "news". It's really "infotainment"...content free pap...cotton candy reporting ,all fluff,titillation and "film -at-eleven" jive.
The "news dolls" all look alike. Bleached hair and so much makeup it looks like it's dripping off. Ugh.
The only really good news program is The Newshour. No ads and no tabloid fluff either.