Who said I did? Of course I ignore such stories, or skim past the first 15 paragraphs to get to the meat.
If I want a page turner, I'll get a novel. For news stories, I just want the information. Time spent learning about the color of the subjects coat is time I could spend reading another story, learning something useful, or entertaining myself through a medium actually optimized for that.
Oh right. I forgot you are the sole arbiter of what is entertaining or useful to learn. My bad, I'll go figure out how to stop being entertained by long-form journalism stories like this. My bad.
If I want a page turner, I'll get a novel. For news stories, I just want the information. Time spent learning about the color of the subjects coat is time I could spend reading another story, learning something useful, or entertaining myself through a medium actually optimized for that.