I discarded network news about 30 years ago and at this point can see no advantage to cable or internet news going forward. I don't remember being bombarded with news and opinion until CNN came along, and then Drudge. Maybe it started there, with Fox appearing as a counterweight, and then MSNBC regrettably being born in response: Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann and then Bill O'Reilly screaming in indignation at each other and pretending that their opinions -- of each other! -- mattered as much as hard news. I can learn From Huffpost that AOC "destroyed" Ted Cruz in some Twitter exchange, if I really must know. And from Breitbart I can learn the exact opposite. And from The Daily Caller I can learn of the latest subway stabbing in London, that the Kardashians are shopping in Beverly Hills, and that the Windsors looked smashing at the Charity Ball. But how badly do I need to know that stuff? I think we at least aren't calling conservatives the tea word (the whole word is blocked here, I just learned), and Keith Olberman, Bill Oreilly, and Chris Cuomo are all gone, so that's progress. One has to know some things, and so I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal. I find it fair and its newsfeed utterly free of sensationalism. They lean to the right, of course, but they aren't insane or on a campaign to make me hate anybody, at least as far as I can tell. And I can get through their newsfeed in 10 minutes.
LOL! Owned by Rupert Murdoch. Might as well just watch Fox and scream at the TV. Years ago I too read the WSJ. But it eventually became a sham. You might as well read the National Enquirer.
My selections for basic news: AllSides | Balanced news via media bias ratings for an unbiased news perspective You can read different slants on the same topic, or what's currently knotting each side's knickers. 1440 Daily Digest: News, sports, entertainment & culture (join1440.com) So far, they give the plain vanilla pudding facts, the way I like it.
