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I no longer see any value in trying to keep up with the news. Most of it is sensationalized clickbait or political circus that has no bearing on anything that a
by ManlyBread 4y ago
I no longer see any value in trying to keep up with the news. Most of it is sensationalized clickbait or political circus that has no bearing on anything that actually matters to me. Extracting anything of value from these services requires lots of effort and time.
I mean, looking right now at the front page of one of the most popular news sites in my country I can see:
- clickbait title about possible corruption between two politicans
- some dude I don't know discussing some changes to social programs, except the government is not actually changing anything about that program
- some border shenanigans that doesn't affect me at all
- some celebrity I haven't heard about before is dead
- speculation regarding Russia-Ukraine war
- someone found a dead body in the forest
- another debate about a policy that is not even being changed
- someone crashed a car into a gas station building
- a balcony fell down
- speculation about Putin doing whatever
- report about the court case of a school shooter in the US (I don't live in the US)
- more speculation about Putin
- more Russia-Ukraine speculation
- a driver killed a cyclist on the road
- Hubble telescope photos
So many articles and yet the value of what I've seen is close to zero. Why would I want to keep up with this?