I often think the test of the usefulness of consuming news is whether you can explain it to someone else in any more detail than a soundbite. If you can only regurgitate the headline, you don't really understand it yourself and can't have a conversation about it - what was the point?
Sometimes having an opinion about a news story masquerades as understanding it, but this is quickly exposed.
Sometimes having an opinion about a news story masquerades as understanding it, but this is quickly exposed.