I agree that local news is a meaningful exception. Watching my affiliate station makes me feel more connected to my community. Furthermore, it does actually cover things in my life: the state fair, exhibits at my local museum, maybe some kid hit a bird with a baseball and played "Taps" for it so the mayor's gonna give him a trophy which I can then steal and sell as scrap metal because I know where the trophy is because I watched the local news -- stuff like that.