I agree with other posts that national and international news is often just click bait designed to enrage. "If it bleeds it leads." Local news however can be a

I agree with other posts that national and international news is often just click bait designed to enrage. "If it bleeds it leads." Local news however can be a different story. Don't get me wrong there's some awful stuff there too (lookin' at you Sinclair) but the things that truly affect you rarely happen at the national level. City council meetings, your local culture, hell how Covid is doing in your town ... all those things have a lot more effect on your life than almost anything at the national level.[0] Hell if your ad blocker is off you're even ostensibly helping local companies by viewing and clicking their ads. https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/why-does-local-matter-lets-ask-our-audience/ https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/why-does-loca...