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stopped watching the news 15 years ago. this one mostly gets this right. stop watching the news. if something so important happens that you should know about it, other people will tell you about it.
also, you can direct your attention to things that do a good job to give you a signal to noise ratios: hackernews and very specific subreddits work wonders.
I've never watched the news, but I regularly read sites like HN and Reddit. I feel like from there I get the 'outrage overload' effect as well, but IDK what to do about it. I could stop going on those sites, but then I would truly feel like I'm cut off from an absolute wealth of information. It feels different from being 'cut off' from TV news channels or websites that I would only really read if I was referred from…
"To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers." — Nassim Taleb
Ever seen a news broadcast that said "well, nothing really important happened today, so we're not doing a show - instead here's an hour of cat videos instead"? This is 24 times worse with the proliferation of dedicated news channels. At the same time, the recipe for click-bait has been perfected, and that's bled over into TV news as well. Sensationalism and outrage sell. It also seems like there's a strong culture th…
I never look at CNN, MSNBC or FoxNews. I feel sites like reuters.com or apnews.com give me a good level of news without the emotional content. I agree about local newspapers. We should worry more about what's going on close to us versus Washington.
I've figured it was always sort of true that television news was of generally worse quality than print. They've done good work at times, but it's still TV.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/media/2013/...
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews
https://www.docdroid.net/4wgVecr/why-speculate-michael-crich...
For those who still want news, I think reuters provides the most balance. They do still lean left at times though with overuse of phrases like "far right".
I love this post. I rarely watch the news any more. I was surprised that during the beginning of this current era, I found myself watching news for the first time (like not just clips posted elsewhere, but explicitly seeking it out) and it's honestly degraded even more than I can imagine. Most major news networks talk to their audience like children. They provide entertainment or promote the agenda of their advertise…