I think, at a minimum, a return to print or radio news is called for. They necessitate attentive consumption of information in a way that video just doesn't. I feel like they leave mental space open for critical thought. TikTok is the total opposite.
I don't know how bad TikTok is because shorts just don't grab hold of me hard enough to even look at the app, at most I see someone else sharing a short of something silly on a meme channel.
But… and I appreciate you did say "at a minimum"…
Radio is absolutely something you can have on in the background, vibrating your eardrums without engaging your attention.
Intentionality may be impossible in TikTok for all I know, but it isn't enough to just do radio, and I think also not print.
