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I emphasize with not having a good idea on what and how much news to consume. Especially developing news... just reading the summary afterwards seems way less t
by Faark 8y ago
I emphasize with not having a good idea on what and how much news to consume. Especially developing news... just reading the summary afterwards seems way less time consuming. A digital counterpart to a weekly newspapers, doing the selecting, would be nice. I haven't found a convenient way to do that, yet. Would love recommendations.
But we cannot just ignore news at all... there must be some minimum time to invest. Democracy can only work if your choice in the voting booth is actually informed. For that, journalism seems to be the best of the bad options we have. Most comments in this thread painting it as worthless or worse is downright scary.
- sdoering 8y ago> Democracy can only work if your choice in the voting booth is actually informed. I am totally with you on that. But I also believe, that I am able to inform me "just in time". When I read about the least years, read the party programs, read the proposals and the essayists discussing them. I do this in the weeks leading up to an election. And - we are imho lucky to have this in Germany - am able to use an online tool to check all party programs against the things important to me in a kind of "who fits best" tool. This is done by an independent organisation and is nowadays kind of an institution by itself.