It's why i have not read of viewed any news for over a year and a half now. You name just one of many reasons. Others include:

- To make money from news you have to mostly sell ads, so only news which draws a lot of clicks is worth posting and makes for clickbait headlines only to be nuanced away in the actual article.

- Gell-man amnesia effect: When reading a news article in a field of your expertise you often find a lot of flaws in it, yet when you read something which is not in your field of expertise you accept it as the truth.

- It costs a lot of time and you gain nothing of value. Name the 5 most important news items of last month. I bet nothing comes to mind.