I'm conflicted about this. On the one hand I have also decided to become as ignorant as possible about the news because (at the risk of overusing the phrase),

I'm conflicted about this. On the one hand I have also decided to become as ignorant as possible about the news because (at the risk of overusing the phrase), I think we have firmly moved into a post-truth American society. If election outcomes aren't based on facts, what's the point of knowing them? On the other hand, many other people in this thread are saying that there's never been a more important time to know the news. I understand the sentiment, but I would phrase it differently: there's never been a more important time for good journalists to be doing good journalism. Except for the tricky issue of how to keep good journalists employed without people reading them, I don't feel any particular obligation to be informed. I decided to donate money to ProPublica in the hope that they'll keep the government as honest as possible without me having to deal with it.