To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.
Henry David ThoreauMy neighbors tell me of their adventures with famous gentlemen and ladies, what notabilities they met at the dinner-table; but I am no more interested in such things than in the contents of the Daily Times. The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly; but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will.
Henry David Thoreau