In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.
I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.