For what it's worth -- and it's possible I'm living in a bubble, but -- the only family member I know that watches the news is my dad. Everyone else quietly switched to netflix long ago. The news mostly comes from the drama of the day; things that show up on facebook. (The recent Chris Rock drama, and other nonsense like that.)

I recently followed CBS on TikTok though, to my surprise. They had some of the best coverage of the Ukraine war I've seen. I even joked to my wife that the circle of life was complete: not only have I never watched the news in years, and not only does my dad have no clue what tiktok is, but now I'm watching the news on tiktok.

Thanks for pointing out that the news is sometimes a valuable thing to keep on one's radar.