[vacri]

A car drives over a bridge, and the bridge collapses. What does the news media focus on? The car. The person in the car. Where he came from. Where he planned to go. How he experienced the crash (if he survived). But that is all irrelevant. What's relevant? The structural stability of the bridge.

This is an amazingly bad example. Most news sources would be leading the torch-and-pitchfork brigade to either the relevant road authority or the architect's office.

I don't know a single truly creative mind who is a news junkie

There is a vast gulf between 'news junkie' and 'don't watch news'. The author may also want to broaden his social circle, because I'm aware of a few. I also find it weird that 'physician' and 'scientist' are classified as 'truly creative minds' - I've known quite a few of each, and it's a terrible assumption.

The article is an example of poor quality news - consuming it without thought is indeed bad for you. Full points for irony, I guess.

[dinkumthinkum]

Exactly, most are proceeding as if the OP is correct while neglecting that the basic example is completely wrong.