I deleted my FB nearly three years ago and it forces you to actually go to news sites. I'm much more informed this way.

I get my local newspapers (the Chronicle and the East Bay Times) delivered and I go online throughout the day to read NYT, LA Times, WaPo, BBC. I've never felt the need for the instant spam news that you get on FB or Twitter. There's only been one time where I've had to use Twitter for realtime news and that was during the fire in Oakland last fall.