News isn't necessarily bad for you, and it's not a good idea to live in a bubble of cherry-picked information. However, the mainstream news is fraught with all

News isn't necessarily bad for you, and it's not a good idea to live in a bubble of cherry-picked information. However, the mainstream news is fraught with all kinds of problems so you need to be prepared to believe that what appears there is at best a partial picture of the events. The phenomena of churnalism also illustrates that it's easy to believe that what looks like impartial information is actually just crudely re-arranged press releases from particular companies who likely have a vested interest in the content and framing of the story. So don't switch off the news entirely, lest you fall into a state of general ignorance about wider events, but be prepared to interpret it critically.