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Here is an awesome take on this subject: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-information-diet/ https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-informati... I’m going to suggest that unless you work directly in the news media industry yourself, you too should be paying absolutely no attention to the news. “It is all Bullshit”, is what Mr. Money Mustache says, “You need to get the News out of your life, right away, and for life.” The reasons for this are plentiful, from the inherently sucky nature of news programming itself, to the spectacular life benefits of adopting a Low Information Diet in general. But let’s start with the news. News programs are, with the exception of a few non-profit or publicly funded ones, commercial enterprises designed to turn and maximize profit. Many of them are owned by larger shareholder-owned corporations, most notably Rupert Murdoch’s News corp. The profit comes from advertising, and advertising revenue is maximized by pulling the largest audience, holding their attention for the longest possible time, and putting them into the mental state most conducive to purchasing the products of the advertisers (which turns out to be helplessness and vulnerability). Another great perspective on this: This Video Will Make You Angry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc