I quit watching the news and killed all my news feeds about two years ago. I can easily say it was one of the smartest things I have ever done. downside of course is my lack of connectivity to all things current. Essentially I get all my news from this thread!
I have no TV and glance once in a while to try and have some idea as to what is going on. Unfortunately, I don't trust any of the news. All biased in one way or the other. Money makes news and that is wrong.