 Why did Lorelei choose to not keep up with the news for herself?
Outside, the stars were as before: tiny, myriad points of light, infinitely far away. I do not think it was what Peter called an emotion; and yet it had nothing to do with logic, either. The ship would be filled with the sounds of busy men and women, wresting secrets from the reluctant ether. But the other part was going calmly, lucidly on, quite without his volition. "The peoples of the world, then, know what they are, and know that we face the most momentous struggle in our history. "Since the Invaders first appeared in Wood River, Oregon, 24 hours ago, they have not once acknowledged our attempts to communicate, or in any way taken notice of our existence as reasoning beings. They have treated us precisely as we, in less enlightened days, might have treated a newly-discovered race of lower animals. But in instance after instance, they have done as they would with us. They have examined us, dissected us, driven us mad, killed us with no discernable provocation; and this is more intolerable than any normal invasion. "I have no fear that the people of Earth will fail to meet this challenge, for there is no alternative. Not only our individual lives are threatened, but our existence as a race. It was only two stories down the moving ramp to Lorelei Cooper's laboratory. Lorelei, beautiful in spite of dark-circled eyes and a smear of grease on her chin, looked up from a huge ledger at the end of the room.
 She found it to be depressing or boring.
 Peter always kept her informed well enough.  She didn't care enough to know the news.  She found it to be depressing or boring.  She didn't have time to keep up with current events.