Simply denying aptitude is not an argument. Also, your initial comment only relies on reference to fringe advertising that (probably) nobody here would want to see.
- news isn't targeted at a particular person (unless you're using your own RSS aggregator, but then you're not (usually) giving anyone else information about what you're aggregating).
- news is generally opt-in, meaning that I choose to read bbc instead of NYTimes
So I agree with your two points. In fact you can easily use interest profiles for serving advertising and news alike, my comparison is apt.