Perhaps this practice has been going on longer than I think but I have recently noticed that the news sites are abuzz with new stories about upcoming news stories.

I'm not talking about sites like Digg or Reddit but mainstream sites like CNN, Washington Post and the BBC.

For example, this week I saw stories about what was contained in the Petraius Report before it was released. MSNBC and the Charlotte Observer (AP) announced that President Bush will make an announcement this Thursday about troop withdrawls in Iraq. They went on to detail exactly what the speech would be about.

Today I noticed the BBC had a news story about Led Zeppelin planning to announce a reunion tour.

Can we get away from these news items about news and just report the news when it happens?