>none of my voting decisions were changing as a result. I examined voting decisions I'd made going back to 2016 and realized none of them were materially change

>none of my voting decisions were changing as a result. I examined voting decisions I'd made going back to 2016 and realized none of them were materially changed by watching the news... ??? Why would a voting decision change based on what you see on the news? Your senator or representative has little to do with the guy who killed his kids and wife last night. WATCHING news will only get you the extreme stuff. That's how they keep eyeballs. For instance, we know a lot more about Kashoggi than we know about the prime minister that MBS kidnapped. That's because, as horrible as this may sound, the Kashoggi story had more "sizzle" for lack of a better term. This even though the prime minister being kidnapped actually did more to upset the global order.