These kinds of comments are always good times to repost Michael Huemer's "In Praise of Passivity", which tackles these arguments against not following the news

These kinds of comments are always good times to repost Michael Huemer's "In Praise of Passivity", which tackles these arguments against not following the news in a generalized but imo very effective way. https://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media/files/Studia_Humana/Studia_Humana-r2012-t-n2/Studia_Humana-r2012-t-n2-s12-28/Studia_Humana-r2012-t-n2-s12-28.pdf https://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media/files/Studia_Humana/Studia_Hum...