This book comes to my mind.

https://www.amazon.com/How-News-Makes-Dumb-Information/dp/08...

Sommerville argues that news began to make us dumber when we insisted on having it daily.

Now millions of column inches and airtime hours must be filled with information--every day, every hour, every minute. The news, Sommerville says, becomes the driving force for much of our public culture. News schedules turn politics into a perpetual campaign. News packaging influences the timing, content and perception of government initiatives.

News frenzies make a superstition out of scientific and medical research. News polls and statistics create opinion as much as they gauge it. Lost in the tidal wave of information is our ability to discern truly significant news--and our ability to recognize and participate in true community.

I used to consume news daily, obsessively even when I was younger. I was that addict that used to refresh cnn.com compulsively every few minutes at a stretch. Now, I come to HN and a few other niche sites for 'information' or 'news'. But I no longer visit cnn or NYT as much any more.

All this anger against 'fake' news reminded of a book I started reading years ago but never finished because I wanted to spend more time reading news.

https://www.amazon.com/How-News-Makes-Dumb-Information/dp/08...

Basically, news (as defined in our modern era) makes us stupid. And I happen to agree...