▲ 18 ▼ How much should I care about news? (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/chat@beehaw.org 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments I read this article recently and I was just thinking about my news consumption and how much I want to be affected by it. I feel like it is important because shit is going on in the world however I usually don't change my habits much over it. I also think that there should be a middle ground somewhere but I can't think of it so if anyone of you have ideas please share them.
[–] Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why did cutting out all news make you anxious? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago I'm francophone and queer living under a conservative provincial government that dislikes francophones and queers, I do like to be on top of what rights they're trying to attack this week. Apart from that, I guess a general sense that you need to know what's wrong if you want to fix it. Am I aware that I'm ultimately powerless to fix societal woes? Yeah, that's why I cut back on the news, but cutting it out completely feels like giving up any hope of fixing anything. That's just too much of a downer for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago I'm francophone and queer living under a conservative provincial government that dislikes francophones and queers, I do like to be on top of what rights they're trying to attack this week. Apart from that, I guess a general sense that you need to know what's wrong if you want to fix it. Am I aware that I'm ultimately powerless to fix societal woes? Yeah, that's why I cut back on the news, but cutting it out completely feels like giving up any hope of fixing anything. That's just too much of a downer for me. permalink fedilink source parent