[blaze33]

For me, I used to read or watch the news because I wanted to be informed and maybe learn some things to better understand the world we live in.

After some time you start noticing the patterns: the short-termism, the over-seriousness and repetitiveness of it all coupled with usually shallow explanations and poor understanding of what happens. You can also notice how it slowly but surely starts to shape and distort your mind if you consume to much of it. And I always lamented this sad state of affairs.

I know that some people involved in the news production have an agenda to push but what I failed to realize for a long time was that most people consume the news as a form of entertainment. Then they can say they know about this or that and maybe have an opinion about it but that's it.

It's especially sad considering the huge influence of the media in politics but that's another story.

So yeah, I still want to be informed, educated and further my understanding of the world but the news aren't so useful for that. They could be. But they're not.