News makes us dumb

Not to mention mindless servants of our journalistic masters.  I am heartened to see First Things joining my crusade against journalism.  Excerpt:

The product of the news business is change, not wisdom. Wisdom has to do with seeing things in their largest context, whereas news is structured in a way that destroys the larger context. You have to do certain things to information if you want to sell it on a daily basis. You have to make each day’s report seem important. And you do that by reducing the importance of its context.

Still dubious about all this? Consider the proposition: If it is no longer worth your while to go back and read the News of, oh, September 22, 1976, then it was never worthwhile doing so. And why should today be any different?

Here’s a summary of my case against journalism.  Newspapers are inherently hostile to morality, authority, and social order.  They should be banned.