Have we all lost our way with what we consider ‘breaking news’?

A presidential impeachment gets the same treatment as a dry process story that’s rolling through the Capitol. It’s time we looked at how to make news great again, says Dave Maclean

The current media machine thrives on sensationalising everything (AFP/Getty)

These editor’s letters are designed to give you a look inside The Independent’s newsroom, through the eyes of an editor. There’s just one problem today – I haven’t been in our New York City newsroom for almost a month.

I wasn’t on the steps of the Supreme Court interviewing protesters; I wasn’t on the press bench at the courthouse as Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison; and I wasn’t scribbling away on Capitol Hill as Trump bombshells dropped.

Instead, I was sipping some mai tais on a break in Hawaii – I assumed June was going to be a quiet news month...