trivial news; filler story
Colloquial term for a minor or unimportant news item, often used to fill space or time when there is nothing substantial to report.
Today's news was all filler stories and not worth watching.
The reporter gathered trivial news items and wrote an article.
All-katakana variant; used for emphasis or in informal contexts.
Compound of 暇 (ひま, 'free time, leisure') and ネタ ('material, content'), literally 'free-time material', referring to content used to fill idle time.