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I want to stay informed about the world but I'm unable to read the highly editorialized doom scrollers. I'm tired of the news cheering for the hurricane and I'm
by goalieca 6y ago
I want to stay informed about the world but I'm unable to read the highly editorialized doom scrollers. I'm tired of the news cheering for the hurricane and I'm tired of pointless feel good stories to bring "happy news" that isn't really news at all.
I've started to read more long-form essays on current events topics. I find they nicely summarize events in a chronological order with all of the benefit of hindsight to go with it. Opinions are generally more nuanced and the writing style assumes that you read all the way through the article.
TV news and late night talk shows are just the worst.
- BurningFrog 6y ago"The News" is mostly gossip and things that are interesting because they almost never happen. As a way of learning how the world works, it's pretty awful. If you want to be informed, spend the news time reading books/essays about important/interesting topics, and you'll be way more enlightened in a year. If you go all the way in this, you won't be able to participate in the shared culture of society, so I don't get fanatical with it. I'm human, and some gossip is fun.
- Tepix 6y agoI feel similarly. I started subscribing to the monthly magazine "Le Monde Diplomatique" - they focus on in-depth analyses and not the daily or even weekly events.