but keeping a good ratio requires uploading and that slows your internet connection down, i had terrible problems trying to keep a high ratio when i did private torrents as i either needed to have the upload high for a shorter time which slowed my connection or keep it lower but end up uploading forever.
with news you just don't have to worry about that sort of stuff, and they are available sooner as torrents are last on the list to be available i believe. Obviously not normally an issue if you download us tv as that happens overnight anyway.
plus, way safer, less viruses and fake files (i never fet any of either whereas i did on torrents, maybe not on private though), best chance of avoiding a lawsuit too!