10 News Commandments according to de Botton
1 News organisations should understand their power: To dictate what our idea of other people will be like, the power to The invent news a nation should in make our imagination us angry, but for
2 the for the right right reasons, length to of the time right degree and
3 It their is not relevance enough as to well collect facts, tease out
4 The branch news of should the police not or work tax merely office; it as should a function as a government in exile
5 Find time to ask eccentric but fundamental questions such as why our cities are so ugly
6 Reporting methodologies have to overcome modern day globalised provincialism
7 News should use photography not just as corroboration but also as revelation
8 News should treat celebritydom with more respect
9 Cultural journalists should act as chemists, given that art is the equivalent of modern therapy
10 Occasionally, off to introspect news should be switched