With the exception of the fact that journalism is in the midst of a disruptive crisis of economy and thus only the rich and powerful can afford to pay journalists ... that is not a reason to become the Idiocracy.

The problem is that we refuse to take our fight to the gates of power themselves ... instead we now click upvote/like/dislike/whatever on some digital content and we feel like we accomplished something when nothing has changed.

"News misleads."

So does my vision at times ... I will not gouge out my eyes for it, though.

"News is irrelevant"

A dismissal based on personal opinion and made up stats?

"News has no explanatory power."

Ironically I have no words to describe the vapid ass-hattery of the above statement.

"News is toxic to your body."

/puts down Bloody Mary, opens up bag of potato chips

"News increases cognitive errors."

Yes ... by increasing cognition. It is how cognition works.

"News inhibits thinking."

News, if given to a community of people that have real, face to face interactions, increase the discourse of the community. I'm not going to waste my time cherry-picking social-science-experiments.

"News works like a drug."

AND DRUGS ARE BAD .... MUHAHAHAHA! Unless you are sick, malnourished, elderly, or have a suppressed immune system.

"News wastes time."

I'd like to be the one that figures out how to value my time, thank you.

"News makes us passive."

No ... the internet makes us passive. The news is now delivered on the internet instead of a paper, though.

"News kills creativity."

Except for the writers, the photographers, the editors, and the layout people that news uses to deliver its message.

But they aren't real creatives, right?