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Re:In 2017, I’m going to stop watching the news by Clubber on Saturday December 31, 2016 @11:43AM (#13291747)
I would recommend instead of completely ignoring the news, just stick to the 30 minute national news on CBS/ABC/NBC/NPR (maybe FOX). Everything that happens in the world in a day will fit in 30 minutes. Everything else is mostly opinion and speculation which serves the writers more than you.
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Re:In 2017, I’m going to stop watching the news by tunap on Saturday December 31, 2016 @12:05PM (#13291866)
Scannng headlines in RSS feeds from a dozen or so sources gives me a glimpse of the state of world events in under 10 minutes. I rarely open TFAs unless it is a topic that is of particular interest to, or directly affects, me.

Then I come to HN comments for non-clickbait sources and insights into topics I do care about.

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Re:In 2017, I’m going to stop watching the news by Clubber on Saturday December 31, 2016 @12:45PM (#13292098)
I do that too, but I have to keep in mind that most headlines are sensational. HN comments are great.
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