Agree, educating oneself is a great investment even if not immediately actionable. The knowledge you gained will pay dividends later when it comes in handy. Th

Agree, educating oneself is a great investment even if not immediately actionable. The knowledge you gained will pay dividends later when it comes in handy. The issue with news is that I'm not sure reading all news sources is an effective way of educating yourself. Another problem though is that of shared values and goals. In your example you said: > the democratic process gets involved with the question of how best to manage the western forests But how does it even get to this point? Does news play a bigger role in that part of the democratic process? The part where we decide on our values and our priorities?