It's not about having access to information, it's about which information you access and which information you trust. I could give plenty of examples, but I think you all get the point. Ok. I'll give one example.
There are plenty of sites that give false information about medical conditions, medications, supplements etc. You have to know which sources of information are fairly reliable and which are nothing but scams. If I'm looking for information regarding medical conditions, I only visit sites like the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Emory or Harvard Medical school etc. Then I compare what I've read to see if there is a lot of agreement and research to back up the claims and information. It's great to have such easy access to such information, but what if someone only gets medical information from people like Dr. Oz and other scam artists? There's another one who sells lots of supplements, but I can't think of his name right now. People are gullible and they want to believe what they read, even if there is no scientific evidence to support the trash these people sell.
Yup. I found it particularly disheartening when I learned that most young people eschew mainstream news media and prefer social media to get their news.
You sound like a dinasaur. Yes, that's how people get news today. That doesn't mean quality of news is lower. It's just the channel upon which we get links to that which we then read.
I don't know if you've looked at the news on TV lately. It's packaged for retards. I think it always was. Why would anyone with any brains put up with that? Isn't it better to get it packaged via the many news packaging services?
I have friends who work as investment bankers. Correctly understanding the effect of world events on markets is their job. They primarily get their news from social media. The problem isn't that it's social media. But what type of social media.
While I’m sure that the internet is their primary source, “social media” almost certainly is not. Here’s a reasonably good definition of “social media”:
“websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.”
The Wall Street Journal’s website is NOT “social media”. Same for NY Times, Washington Post, etc.
“Social media” is X, Facebook, TikTok, etc. An unacceptably large % of what appears on these sites as “news” is utter bullshit. How many of your “investment banker friends” use them as their primary source?