I grew up when America was first discussing “junk food”: ready-to-eat foods that were filling, and tasty, but neither nutritious nor healthy.
I feel like we’ve glided past the discussion of “junk news”: media which leaves the audience feeling informed, and feeling good, but actually makes audiences less informed than those who consumed no media, at all.
There are studies. It’s not subjective.
We should discuss it more. The body politic can also become weak and vulnerable as a result of a diet of “junk news”.