A review by ladamic
The News: A User's Manual by Alain de Botton

1.0

A mix of wishful-thinking idealistic drivel (let's not report on government corruption in Uganda, let's instead write how the flowers smell -- dude, that's what the travel section is for), and moralizing (don't be envious of successful people, except try to constantly better yourself by studying their success). It seemed like most of de Botton's objections were to the daily news, but he completely ignored that weekly and monthly magazines do fulfill many of his demands (giving more background info, educating and placing things in context).