I quit the news roughly 20 years ago and never looked back. The way I explain it to people is that the news is simply a form of entertainment that I don't reall

I quit the news roughly 20 years ago and never looked back. The way I explain it to people is that the news is simply a form of entertainment that I don't really enjoy. I'm sure it's been pointed out before, but the news is also a horrible way to actually understand the world around you. What gets discussed is the most novel/stimulating things that happened--if you attempt to fit a model of the world to these data points, you end up completely wrong. If I am interested in a topic (immigration trends in a country, covid statistics, what's happening with electric car subsidies, etc.) I just seek out the necessary information myself. You know what I really want? A version of 'the news' that is done quarterly and is just sampling of what's happening in the lives of 100 random people. Who are they, some basic statistics about then, and what's affecting their lives written up in few paragraphs for each person. Just an unbiased sample of the 'real world' from people outside my bubble.