> 99.9% of the people who read the news do nothing to use that in any way
Wouldn't that imply that we don't live in a democracy and ppl are picking boxes at random at the ballot box?
Wouldn't that imply that we don't live in a democracy and ppl are picking boxes at random at the ballot box?
2) If we're going the informed-voter justification, we'd be much (for large values of "much") better off if everyone took 99% of the time they spend on news and instead read foundational works and textbooks in political science, economics, comparative politics, ethics, statistics, history, and government in [home country], with maybe a smidge of modern policy pieces (e.g. think-tank stuff, policy studies, that kind of thing).
Is that what the article is discussing though?
One of my close friend coming out as gay in high school has had a larger effect on who I have voted for during my lifetime than any news.