Breaking News is broken
This is exactly the same conclusion I came to at the end of the day yesterday.<p>I realized I probably "wasted" three hours following the story. Because at the end of the day, I gained nothing I couldn't have gotten in reading an article at 11pm for five minutes.<p>I swear, it's like a drug. It's exciting at the time, but afterwards you think, well, that was a stupid waste of my time.