Defining News in a non-tradional way

With today's news sources, it seems like any tiny piece of information is considered news. During the elections and continuing today, the clothes that Michelle Obama wore/wears was/is a hot topic for reporting. A lot of times you read an article and you think that the journalist had a random thought that they went off on a tangent about. When defining news, there are outlines in determining news such as proximity, timeliness, relevancy, and many others. The truth is that news is any knowledge obtained that you didn't know before. So, let's share every minuscule piece of information about life; after all, it keeps the traditional news more interesting. However, I hope that people continue to seek out news that effects them such as news on the War in Iraq.