What isn't good for you is getting sucked into the manufactured drama and drawn out 24 hour news cycle. So how about most news is bad for you? ;) I mean, you'

What isn't good for you is getting sucked into the manufactured drama and drawn out 24 hour news cycle. So how about most news is bad for you? ;) I mean, you're right that news qua news isn't terrible. But very little of what's branded as news is actually news; you said it yourself that it's entertainment. And while news can be entertaining (e.g. Daily Show), news which exists solely to perpetuate itself and garner more eyeballs is bad. I agree with the author that it's depressing and it's a waste of time. I'm not actually disagreeing with your practical suggestion; I think the right idea is to find out the facts and move on. But I absolutely think that it's a mistake to "feed the beast," so to speak, any more than is necessary. (Edit: fixed formatting.)