In his mordant novel Scoop, Evelyn Waugh has one of his characters explain what "The News" is: "News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead."

The ones who don't bother to watch "The News" don't care, and those who do watch "The News" don't care either. The only encouraging thing is that the people who watch "The News" will watch whatever is put in front of them.... Fake News. by Patrick Armstrong