Of course it’s not an explicit expectation, but the news cycle is dominated by a mix of 24/7 news and daily summaries. It’s rare that I see weekly, bi-weekly, monthly summaries. I’m thinking, is there really that much that can happen in a day and that warrants our attention? Most news are clickbait focused on the negative, making us feel depressed and feeds our negative emotions. I wouldn’t be surprised if the news actively contributes to the mental health crisis.

At the same time I think it can be of importance to have some understanding on what’s going on in one’s local area, one’s country and in the world. For me I think a weekly summary would be good balance, but those are weirdly hard to find. What are your thoughts?

  • thezeesystemEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I get my news from people on TikTok that do it every week as a round up instead of the shitty corporate owned 24/7 kind.

    Mostly seeing what laws are/will take away my ability to exist as a person and all rights associated with it.

    Don’t want to be sent to slavery, err they call it prison now right?

    Basically getting the upper hand in case I’m not allowed to go to certain places or exist in certain spaces.

    More of a survival thing then anything else really.

      • thezeesystemEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        From experience it is, mainstream Media always is about media and attention and money and control.

        TikTok have people who are just people who are reporting what there finding for news to inform others, not for money, not fo views, but because they genuinely want to inform people.

        It’s hard to do that on American platforms because anything they don’t like they censored heavily. Yes TikTok does too but not that extent

        • Serinus@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Mainstream media also has those people. Real journalists do exist.

          Mainstream media is more accountable in a lot of ways. There’s absolutely less misinformation on mainstream media. All the facts they publish are true. The same can’t be said for social media.

          Social media can be less filtered, for good or bad. It can also just seem less filtered while there’s absolutely a filter deciding what gets promoted to you. Look at Elon’s recent moves on X, for example.

          As long as you understand the nuance, it can be fine. Especially if you’re using mainstream media to verify facts from social media.