[gridlockd]

One underrated option is to just not read the news:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-ro...

Getting the news from "both sides" is just getting two bullshit spins on the same topic, but the truth isn't in the middle.

You can get "just the facts" from outlets like Reuters. You may find that this isn't really entertaining and that really you do consume news for other reasons than getting informed. You may recognize that you actually want "the spin", you want the emotional turmoil, the sensation.

From that perspective, consuming news is more like a consuming a drug: A guilty pleasure that should not be overindulged in.

[Macha]

For example, you can come to a very different centre point for "both sides" by just choosing which representatives you have for both sides. The centre point of the NYT and the Guardian is very different from the centre point of the Washington Post and Breitbart.

(See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window )