I do not think speculation or predictions are “news.” It is simply space-filler. I have long been annoyed by this.
It is one thing for a FR post to speculate about the future. We are a discussion forum. It is something else again - something untrue - to pretend that any “report” of things that haven’t happened is “news.”
Let's face it the actual "news" of any given day could be covered, at length, in a 90 minute broadcast. In fact, that's how it was done for decades, but only from one point of view. Thus, well over 90% of what the MSM broadcasts now is speculation, prediction, opinion, editorializing, fluff, filler and entertainment and downright lying in its passion for 24/7 "news" broadcasting. I like how most of the talking heads call what they do "opinion journalism". Ha - that's a oxymoron if I've ever heard one.