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That question goes to what the value of news is. Is it to be an informed citizen? A weekly digest is more than enough then. There are other purposes though. Th
by janalsncm 4y ago
That question goes to what the value of news is. Is it to be an informed citizen? A weekly digest is more than enough then.
There are other purposes though. The news is often the center of important conversations. You’re going to be out of the loop a lot if you don’t at least see daily headlines.
Anything more than that? For the vast majority of news items it’s just not that important. For example, I got a push notification at 3:44 am that Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party. Did I need to know that in that moment? No. Did I need to know it at all? Questionable.
- throwaway81523 4y ago> The news is often the center of important conversations. You’re going to be out of the loop a lot if you don’t at least see daily headlines. The same thing is true of social media in general, popular TV shows, and all that. I think something more is needed. I would say it's important to know about things like Simema doing independent (hearing about it through say a weekly digest rather than omg a push notification), but mostly to stay cognizant of the kind of world that we currently live in. Being unaware leads to too much trust in institutions, that sort of thing.