>unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.
And that's where we will never truly agree until the topic runs super sour. Which can take months.
> there is this tendency to briefly discuss some new social issue, but then filling the rest of the article with discussion of the current political situation.
it makes sense for multiple reasons, no? You never want to assume the general audience is caught up on every little piece of an evolving story, be it a simple celebrity drama or some complex political issue. It's news, not a research paper.