What is the "Goldilocks" amount of news to ingest each day?
I was talking to my neighbor the other day and she was telling me how, now that he has retired, all her husband does is zone out and watch Fox News...for hours on end. The odd thing is that when you talk to her husband, he never talks about politics. On the other end of the political spectrum, I have a cousin whose consumption of progressive news feeds has gone into overdrive since October 7th and who no longer resembles the person he was before.
Neither situation seems very healthy to me. On the other hand, I can't imagine being totally uninformed in times like these. Information right now - preferably from trusted sources - is just too important. So, my question is a simple one - What is the "Goldilocks" amount of news to ingest each day?
I'm thinking one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. No more. No less. Maybe even one hour total if it's comprised mostly of quick deep dives through reliable internet sources. I'm also getting pretty fed up with television news in general. The focus and editing is generally so bad that it's become the least efficient means of acquiring real news.
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