You don't say wrote, "Let me get this straight, …you think a newspaper is required to report to you all things all the time."

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No, Yds, I don't think "a newspaper" is required to report events based on my will or what I deem important. But I do think that if "a newspaper" expects to maintain the trust of its readership, based on the quality and breadth of its reporting (content), it had better adhere to a few simple principles in order to maintain trust (and readership). That includes reporting on local issues of interest, because omitting coverage of certain local issues would indicate a bias, or worse, an attempt to manipulate public opinion. Newspapers have operated based on some well defined editorial conventions and standards that have been codified over the course of the few years the U.S. republic has managed to survive.  For most of that time, those with money have tried to shape the news to their will.    Have another drink and think about that simple "reality" for a bit.