There's some interesting criticism of whether "current events" news really provides any actual societal value, or if it might actually do the opposite [1]. [1]

There's some interesting criticism of whether "current events" news really provides any actual societal value, or if it might actually do the opposite [1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli#top https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-ro...