Re: [expert] Fwd: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.hourly

[Dan Jones]

well, first I would look at what processes cron is running - The
/var/spool/cron directory will contain files that specify what cron runs
and when.   There are also cron files in the /etc/cron.* set of
directories.  

Given the text of the error message, I would guess that one of your cron
files contains a news-related command/script that doesn't have
sufficient privileges to do what it needs to do.