Knowledge and news are not the same. News is temporary, is meant to incite emotion and often biased. In the last years I've dramatically reduced the amount of news I see per day. I don't seek it out anymore. Instead of watching or reading the news(paper) I now read more articles, books, watch documentaries and discuss issues here. Essentially, I aim to keep educating myself but not through the lens of The News(TM). Things like Trump's plans are depressing but it are important to know about. A lot of news is also depressing but doesn't make you a more educated citizen.a "news diet" where I eliminate educating myself
Yeah I'm pretty sure that's what news IS today. The intent for news is to inform... but anyone with some interest in following the money behind these organizations today would be quite lame not to consider the effect media bias has on what is covered and how it is covered.