The point is that 90% of the news is unimportant. Often you can read a weekly and that is enough

A politician said something and other politicians reacted. Usually unimportant unless it was backed by a law or something. If it was important then the weekly will cover it.

Main Character of the day on Social media. unimportant

A crime happened nearby. Unimportant

A celeb did something. Unimportant

Something happened to random person. Unimportant

Sport result. If you follow that team you already know, if not then not important.

Seriously go to the front page of the New York times or some other outfit and count the stories that you needed to read today.

That's just it though, the "news" is not providing valuable information to the majority of people, it's mostly a series of takes designed to fit into easily digestible narratives so they can attract enough viewers to survive as a business.

Almost all news ignores just about everyone unless someone else actively tries to inject the news into their life.

Being relentlessly informed of all the miseries of the world is a choice for most people in developed countries not in the middle of a war.

> Privilege isn't just about wealth.

Which poor people exactly do you consider privileged, and why?

> The point is that although anyone can ignore the news, the news won't necessarily ignore them!

What can they do about the news, though? I specifically said, "they may feel powerless to change anything".