I saw this question, and was nervous about expressing my true thoughts about it. I was afraid I'd be the outlier in thinking that most modern "journalism" is pi

I saw this question, and was nervous about expressing my true thoughts about it. I was afraid I'd be the outlier in thinking that most modern "journalism" is pitiful, and just a spin machine. Thankfully, others seem to share my feelings. Interesting thing I read in a book called "The Information Diet" was that many things that happen and that the news also covers are much more boring and mundane than the news portrayal of the event. A conclusion I came to, after reading that book and some related stuff... news media / journalists... it's one big spin machine. They get attention by keeping you emotionally engaged, usually geared to the respective liberal/conservative agenda, and then get your eyes on ads. I know it sounds cynical, but that's my take. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯