Thank you Nanren for your great answer!

I hear the China-centric stuff, which is rather similar to the US-centric nature of US reporting. I guess everywhere thinks they are important. Except us tiny nations, maybe. That aside, I think you have a theme I have also put forward at times. "Editor" no longer appears to be the role it used to be. Moreover "journalist" no longer appears to be the role it used to be either. . The short answer is of course, market pressures. They are businesses driven by their aim to be profitable. Sorry to say, I think we must conclude that the Americans are simply not willing to pay for news about the latest earth-shattering thing out of China, or anywhere else, maybe. Google does, though offer me all sorts of news about Snoop-someone and people I don't know. . Aside us being saddened by the demise of journalistic integrity, and the descent of traditonal infomration channels into entertainment, your "question" appears as if it would belong more comfortably in "Discussions".

Because that's what most of us love to watch.