Consuming news has little to do with being informed. Quite the opposite, at times.
It is fairly maddening when you know what they say is completely inconsistent with what was happening.
Those are the things among many others that actually make you informed about the world, in my opinion, not the news feed.
Worse than knowing nothing, they know only party talking points.
Through a friend or family member who's been watching the news?
Keep in mind that the definition of news I’m using is specifically “reporting on recent events,” not all forms of journalism or ways in which information is shared.
It’s the former that I have gripes with and see people consume like a drug. It takes significant effort to be informed about the world, and reading the news, I think, is not a very good way to do so. The time and mental energy are better spent elsewhere.