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by KoftaBob 1559 days ago
More than 95% of what news sites/tv "report" on isn't remotely actionable or relevant for the average viewer.

It's basically something that scratches the itch of human curiosity, but with manipulative and lowest common denominator garbage. We'd all be better off if we scratched that curiosity itch by reading about things we're interested in, rather than current events.