Personally, news (spoken and written) should be providing facts and context, then ending with opinion and reasoning, preferably from people with multiple informed opinions and done in a civilized manner. Done right, it could be entertaining, but then again I love history.
I'm tired of people lacking any historical clue spouting off their opinions. Take a listen to http://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.blogspot.com/ or http://dancarlin.com/.
Personally, news (spoken and written) should be providing facts and context, then ending with opinion and reasoning, preferably from people with multiple informed opinions and done in a civilized manner. Done right, it could be entertaining, but then again I love history.