On topic: news, analysis & speculation

[Edward K. Ream]

My present rules of thumb when reading the news:

1. News is a report about what has already happened.

2. Analysis is a discussion of background information.

3. Speculation is a discussion of what might happen.

Imo, speculation is hardly ever worth reading ;-)

The same distinction apply to Leo:  Progress reports are news.  Engineering Notebook posts are analysis. Discussion about when projects might be complete are speculation :-)

Summary

I now eliminate all speculative sentences from my writing.

Edward