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Does anyone find strange that sport is part of daily news?
42 by NiceWayToDoIT | 38 comments on Hacker News.
I just realized isn't id odd that worldwide there is a sport section as a part of daily news? Relic of ancient times "bread and games" (panem et circenses), time when people were politically manipulated with biggest distraction. I am thinking there is no cooking news, or musical news... Sport news are about what other people do, not what we personally do. There is no science block, gaming block, music block ... but along weather there is sport section?! I do not in this moment, I do not know, it just feel strange and off, is there anyone else who shares similar feeling? Update: Sorry, for not being clear, I specifically meant TV news, you know prime time. News, from country to country the one it is on around 8pm each day...