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by finite_jest 1659 days ago
One could certainly argue that for the most part, news shouldn't be our source of information (especially the semi-propaganda type rampant on Twitter). Aaron Swartz [1] and Rolf Dobelli [2] argue for this reasonably.

[1]: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews

[2: https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/2010-dobelli.pdf