Wooooh! There are a lot of gems and great points. I honestly don’t remember the last time I watched the news, yet like you, I’m still well informed in how a lot of events happening today are connected to things that happened in the past.

I agree the news makes little to no improvement in one’s every day life. It mostly makes people reactive and hot headed over things one cannot control instead of proactive on the things they can control or adjustments they can make to adapt to changes. This is exactly want they want reactions and outrage. This is how the profit. Plus, they rarely give the full story anyways, so people are outraged about something that isn’t completely true or not true at all. And if it’s anything social/political related, it’s always tailored to fit the narrative x belief supports instead of taking the L and acknowledging that their “side” is flawed too.