Good point about US news, Jazzo! It's all local hype, mostly. I guess, now, all the newsrooms, broadcast and print, believe it's more important than real news since they've been dishing it out for so long.

And talk about 'believing your own hype'...Al Jolson, a great American entertainer from the early 20th century also known as "The Jazz Singer" would actually dismiss the cast of a Broadway show he was starring in early in the evening, and then perform alone for the audience the rest of the night! But he could do it, too! "You ain't seen nothin', yet!" he would tell them. So, then, maybe this is arrogance rather than hype? I mean, if you can really do it you're not bullshitting anybody, right?