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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:02PM (#26728512)
People equate news with celebrities and outrage because that's what 80% of airtime is dedicated to.

If you want to be educated voter, pick any journal or periodical like The Economist or The New European. Their journalism will actually cover an issue in some depth, from whatever is their biased perspective.

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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by slg on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:26PM (#26728895)
> pick any journal or periodical like The Economist or The New European

But those are news too. Why are we judging news based off the worst examples? If you have a problem with the news you are consuming, find some other source. Don't write off all news consumption as bad.

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Re:7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? by heavyset_go on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:27PM (#26729825)
Weird, I watch PBS and the News Hour, and I can't remember the last time in the past 5 years that I heard about celebrities or "outrage" on my TV.
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