What can you point to that demonstrates a correlation between spending a lot of time consuming mainstream media news, and undertaking actions that improve the l

What can you point to that demonstrates a correlation between spending a lot of time consuming mainstream media news, and undertaking actions that improve the lives of the downtrodden? Is it not possible that by spending less time/energy on the sensationalism of corporate news, we can spend more time and energy observing, contemplating and addressing the actual problems in the world?