> I've always thought that reading the news is only informing you of the very recent events [...] > One way to be better informed would be to read a daily dig

> I've always thought that reading the news is only informing you of the very recent events [...] > One way to be better informed would be to read a daily digest of world history and contemporary geography Wow, this is really strange. It seems you are so bombarded by minutely news, that daily news appear slow and well-thought to you? A weekly summary is more than enough for most events. Let the dust settle. Give the journalists (and Wikipedians) some time to do their research and investigation. Same for politicians, firefighter, scientists, lawyers, judges or whoever is also involved. The first days after and important event are full of false claims, mostly by accident, simply because nobody really knows. No earler than a week later (sometimes it takes a month or more!) the facts and non-facts are mostly separated. But then, nobody cares anymore. If you delay the "news", you get to know from the event, but also get a well-informed picture, without the useless crap of the first minutes, hours and days after the event.