Drupal not for a news or review type site?

As per this thread... http://drupal.org/node/view/8433

I have a delimma. Although the work that goes into Drupal is really unbelievable, functions that pertain to a news type or review type site seem slim. Being able to write a news story, a review, etc... requires that you have the ability to have mulipart documents above all else. A review might be several pages long that ends in a rating. A drop down selector with all page titles is also needed. This allows a quick jump to any page in the review. From what I can put together, the only module that allows for multiple pages is the collaboritive book module that doesn't really fit the bill. Article.module allows for links in the blocks to the content, the book module doesn't from what I'm reading. Some multipage function is really needed for the article.module. That or a review module that has this function. It appears that we do have the teaser which is fantastic, but Drupal doesn't seem to have the capability to just add a page to a document. If a page is added to a document, Drupal should be smart enough to add the teaser and resulting pages. This is a real loss. Couple this with multiple hours of searching the site for answers as to why the image.module doesn't work with the latest release, I'm left stumped. Many simple news scripts have the ability to traverse pages. Not being able to place an image on a page and no answers for a fix makes me wonder if there is any hope for Drupal for my needs. It truly is a loss.

Here are my questions:

1) Are there any plans to create an article or review module that allows for page traversal, the ability to add pages on the fly to this article without having to manually order them? If you add a page, common sense should tell Drupal that it's the next page. Not manually configure each page so that you can order the way needed. It needs the ability to just add a page. To me this seems silly to even ask for. Basic news script functions.

2) If the above is a work in progress, will this allow for block links to link to such articles or reviews?

3) Any plans for a working image module? Iv'e scoured the forums and found a partial fix. It didn't however fix the whole issue which is widely known. The 719 we'll call it.

Drupal has many great functions. However, it appears that it's more geared towards a blogger. A Content Mangament System needs more than flexiblity, it needs to work. Without the contributed modules, Drupal core is pretty slim. The contributed modules often have issues with Drupal's core function which makes need for removal of the modules. Without the contributed modules, lack of function. I've resorted to making multiple copies of the article module for review, site news etc... This would give me the ability to hack a single module for multiple paging. However, I'm wondering if I'm missing something. Mabybe I've missed the modules that will do as needed?

If so, please point me to a module that will allow me multiple page authoring. A smart module that I don't have to manually order pages with. That will insert the teaser when a page has been added.

With all the great workings of Drupal, It doesn't appear to be able to turn the page.