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Here are two arguments:

- 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

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To clarify: My "what's wrong" question meant to show what's wrong with the "what's wrong" question I replied to.

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.

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