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I believe that being well educated on political events is a waste of my time because I have minimal influence on these events. CMV

I see two reasons to read the newspaper: to learn what is going on in the world so they can make changes and for recreation. Since, I don't enjoy reading the newspaper and I don't believe I have the capacity to make meaningful changes, I believe that reading the news is a waste of my time.

On a local level I agree that following the news is important. However, on a national and particularly international level I have a minimal impact. One example is the upcoming fight over the debt ceiling in the US. Regardless of what I want I cannot influence my representative's vote, because this is a such a polarized issue everyone is voting on party lines. Knowing about this event influences my future voting, but I don't actually need to know the details. I only need to know which representatives voted against my wishes so I can try to get them unelected. 

Internationally, there are events like the civil war in Syria. Knowing this war exists I can choose to send aid. However, knowing the intricate details of the event are irrelevant to my life and don't impact my ability to help Syria. 

 Since I have a larger impact on local issues and I have limited time it is more efficient to spend my limited time on local issues. Given that my focus is on local issues, my news consumption should also be on local issues. 

There's also the argument from apathy. I just want to keep my head down and live my life. I don't see how understanding the debt problems Greece faces has any impact on my life. Granted, the debt crisis in Greece affects the US economy, which affects my life. However, **knowing** about the debt crisis doesn't. Reading the newspaper does not change how Greece's debt crisis affects my life.
gpt
Journalist here. True, you don't just have minimal impact on these events - you probably have absolutely no impact on these events. 

But you should still take some time every day to read about what is going on in the world. Even if it's just 15 minutes every morning. It will benefit you because:

1) There will be many situations in your life where people will judge you if you haven't a clue what's going on in the world. 

2) You are a member of the first generation in the history of the world to have instantaneous access to thousands of news sources at once, and you have the ability to quite literally hear the news as it happens. Why would you forsake such a privilege? 

3) Sometimes the news that happens all the way across the world can affect you. Maybe you're working in tech support in the United States, and you read a little blurb on the Wall Street Journal that your company is planning to open up more call centers in India. That could very well mean you might be out of a job pretty soon, but at least you have some foreknowledge and can be better prepared. 

5) Knowing what's going on in the world will enhance your quality of life. When people start reading about the horrible things that are going on in the world, they tend to appreciate more what they have.