Comment by mcdeltat
On one hand I can see where you can draw this argument from. But on the other hand I don't think daily consumption of the huge quantity of news that exists is necessary for having a decent political opinion, especially given that most news is inflammatory junk (at least in my country). I just don't need a 5 page breakdown of every single event that some corpo decided to shove down our throats.
Also - and maybe I'm naive for this - I don't really need news to inform my political opinion because the current state of affairs is so far from my ideal world. Like no matter what could reasonably occur in the news, I still know who I'm voting for on polling day.
Yes. "The news" isn't information. It's just junk food for the mind.
There's nothing in the daily news cycle that is helpful for you, whilst there's lots that is bad for you.
There are other better ways to stay informed than to follow "the news".