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Social media is entertainment. News is entertainment.

If you want to get informed, read a book written by an expert or someone with real life experience.



> News is entertainment

Maybe that is the case today but I don't really see people around here as the types to let status quos be.


Except this “entertainment” is enraging people and causing them to attack the capitol, among other things. It’s much more dangerous than typical entertainment.


> News is entertainment

I'd say it strongly depends on what sites you visit.

Boulevard-, sports- and celebrity-news etc. definitely are entertainment. But journals which uncover wrong-doings, research difficult topics, write long articles?


If it's written by a journalist, I consider it entertainment. If it's a written interview, I consider it entertainment (it's never written as it was told, ask anyone with experience).

When it's really straight out of the mouth or pen of an expert in the field, then yes, it's information.




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