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To break free of the sensationalized partisan news, I've switched to reading The New Paper's [0] Monday-Friday daily email + Wikipedia Current Events [1] (deliv
by patrickscoleman 5y ago
To break free of the sensationalized partisan news, I've switched to reading The New Paper's [0] Monday-Friday daily email + Wikipedia Current Events [1] (delivered daily via email [2]) + HN (I try to check just once a day).
I've found that when the news is less "exciting," I'm a lot less inclined to read it. I still know enough to participate in most conversations, and if something seems really important, I'll read more in other outlets. I still forget most of the news the next day (just like I did before).
Overall I feel equally informed and less stressed out and better able to focus on the things in my life that have an impact.
[0] https://thenewpaper.co/ https://thenewpaper.co/
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
[2] https://dev.to/kiwicopple/daily-email-of-wikipedia-s-current-events-fid https://dev.to/kiwicopple/daily-email-of-wikipedia-s-current...