I think it’s important to be aware of what’s going on in the world, in terms of social & economic issues/events. You just have to filter out the drivel.
The media seems to be obsessed with giving a profile to stuff that I wouldn’t personally consider to be real ‘current affairs’ … i.e. saville, lance, muslim hook bloke … they may be worthy of a mention, but not to the massive extent that they get covered – we don’t need a blow-by-blow account of every little development.
Since media coverage became 24×7 & more accessible through an interwebs it’s become more and more Daily Mail-ish, almost like gossip.
I suppose they’ve got to find something to fill 24 hours of every day with.
20 years ago we pretty much just had daily newspapers and the 10 0’clock news, so only the really newsworthy stuff was covered.
Now, every little piffling bit of information is suddenly a ‘news’ item.