alt Hacker News"Young people are consuming news less frequently than older people. Around two thirds (64%) of 18–24s consume news on a daily basis, compared with 87% of people 55 and over."
I used to watch the news quite a bit in my 20s--40s or so. Read a newspaper almost every day, watched the evening news. Now 20 years later? Not at all. Traditional news sites, most newspapers, and TV news shows are all rage bait and narrative spinning. None of what they talk about affects my day to day life in the slightest way. So I spend my time on things that are more enjoyable.
I do the same in my 20s :)
We actually had a newspaper at home and I used to sneak a peek, atleast the sports page. But that stopped during Covid and we never renewed it... No one in the house is missing it so far. And we don't really watch news channels (our TV is just a few streaming subscriptions). At max I see a few headlines on social media recommendations. And I don't use twitter. Meaning no news. Its great highly recommended.