It's probably hard to have a general rule about something like that. My take away from the article was that much of the current news that we consume isn't parti

It's probably hard to have a general rule about something like that. My take away from the article was that much of the current news that we consume isn't particularly useful to us--it doesn't improve the way we think or act, it just makes us sad and afraid. Like, say, watching a report about a kidnapped child. Or reading about the trial of a serial killer.