The Best Life Podcast

Ep. 580: Is There A Moral Obligation to Watch the News?


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Instagram is rolling out a new feature that defaults to keeping news and political content off of our feeds, and it got us thinking, is it irresponsible to ignore current events? Unfortunately, many news sources are produced with biases, headlines are manufactured to outrage rather than inform, and falsified information is getting harder and harder to differentiate from what’s “real.” And not only that, but after years of getting everything from social media algorithms, we’re all primed to see and hear things we already agree with. Maybe it’s just us, but the “news” doesn’t feel like the news anymore. Is it just us?


The “news” isn’t the news anymore [3:10]

Manufactured outrage [6:12]

People look for things we agree with [7:59]

Stories can spiral out of control [11:46]

We need stronger critical thinking skills [14:38]

There’s just “too much” to keep up with [19:29]

Voting without keeping up with current events [22:44]

Borrowed information [24:35]

How do we know what’s true and what’s real? [27:11]


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