366 | News Media Clutter
The Minimalists
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I'm Sorry, It's Information Disguised as Entertainment
"It's entertainment disguised as information," he says. "We're pretending as though we're getting something out of it." News is designed to bring our attention away from the things that are important to us, he adds. CNN and other news sites' goal is to really sell you ads, not inform you about current events or anything like that; they use clickbait instead.
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