Ignorance is bliss

Ever get the feeling the world is getting nuttier?
With the explosion of television channels and the internet, there's simply too much information out there for healthy consumption. I read Clay Johnson's Information Diet a couple months ago, and it really got me thinking about how uneasy we have gotten when it comes to how we react to any variety of news.
It seems like everyone is covering the news for the sake of generating revenue rather than providing actual news. So rather than having slow news days, the news makes the mundane into something it is not, News.
For this reason amongst others, I don't watch television regularly. I'm in the dark on a lot of pop culture matters, but I follow people on Twitter. (The things said on television can be heard and misunderstood by the little ears of my children much easier than the 140 characters remitted by those I follow.)  I google things I don't understand, and I often find myself saying "Really, people are concerned enough about 'X' enough to tweet about it?" (Yes, I get the irony of this post, but I have more free time on my hands than I care to have.)
From what I've been seeing online the last couple days, I'm wondering about how many parents will explain to their children that Bo, the First Dog , is not going to be eaten by the President if the latter isn't re-elected in November.

Disclaimer: I stopped watching television in September 2008 when Hurricane Ike knocked out our power for 10 days. It was a cold turkey thing.