In the above passage, the phrase "amounts to a row of beans" means that the news
Context: The casual horrors and real disasters are thrown at newspaper reader without discrimination. In the contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an important element, evaluation is always weak and often wanting entirely. There is no point anywhere along the line somewhere someone put his foot down for certain and says, "This is important and that does not amount to row of beans; deserves no ones attention, and should travel the wires no farther". The junk is dressed up to look as meaningful as the real news.
Questions
is weak and often wanting entirely
deserves no one's attention
should travel the wires
is junk dressed up as real news
Correct Answer
deserves no one's attention
Explanation
In the context of the sentence, the author uses this idiom to categorize news that is insignificant and should not be prioritized or circulated.