Reply #9: Ignoring the junk 'news' does not mean that our heads are in the sand

[Mikimouse]

I haven't watched that garbage for three years now, and am much better informed than most (at least by my estimation). I read a wide variety of international news sources every day, on the web, and find that the coverage is much less biased than any domestic news source. Thus, I would argue that shutting out the screeching of cannibal news has a positive, rather than a negative influence on general levels of understanding.