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Well I don't think it has to be taken so literally. 1% of the news is actual new info that you should know, the other 99% is repetition, opinion, speculation, p
by vlunkr 6y ago
Well I don't think it has to be taken so literally. 1% of the news is actual new info that you should know, the other 99% is repetition, opinion, speculation, propaganda, etc. You can check the news once a day from a reasonably neautal source and know all the relevant information.
- gpanders 6y agoYou can check the news far less than once a day. If you apply a low-pass filter to current events by, say, checking once a week or even less, the broad movements and important things will remain while the shallow and ephemeral will naturally be filtered out.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago> the other 99% is repetition, opinion, speculation, propaganda, etc. I'd respectfully amend this to: the other 99% is repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, sportball, sportball, sportball, sportball, celebs, celebs, opinion, speculation, propaganda, etc.
- the-dude 6y agoThere exists a quote ( probably from Mark Twain or Aristotle ) that one should put away the daily paper and read it 14 days later. If somebody can help out and dig up a link : please do.