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I'll point out the problem with mainstream media by saying that Will Hodgman, Premier of Tasmania, resigned this afternoon. The announcement was a surprise not expected by most etc.

Now news.com.au has the story a fair way down the page after one about a hotel in San Francisco charging $43 for breakfast, someone missing out on a US holiday and someone else who's date went wrong.

Now OK, Tasmania has just ~2% of the national population so the state's premier resigning isn't exactly the biggest news item in the world right now but from an Australian perspective the resignation of any state's premier is at least more significant than someone handing a hotel on the other side of the world $43.

Likewise many other "serious" news stories are similarly well down the list after trivialities.

It would be a mistake to think that reading the headlines or leading stories will tell you the actually important news. In reality it'll more likely tell you what product Kmart are trying to clear out at the moment and what Sophie Monk ate for lunch yesterday.