I'm curious as to where you get your news instead. I feel like you do and I've been looking for more thoughtful places to get news.

I'd actually recommend the Economist - the writing is generally pretty good (in my opinion), but more importantly, as a weekly publication rather than daily, it's less knee-jerk about getting out the story quickly, and more focused on actually understanding the news and the implications of it.

I learn more from reading the 2 front page summaries (news + business) in the Economist than from all my internet daily news reading.

I also cut out mainstream news consumption.

For the most part, I simply haven't missed it. Events worthy of my attention (i.e. that will change my behavior) tend to bubble up through more specialized news sources (like Ars Technica or my Twitter feed) anyway.

That said, I have found NextDraft (http://nextdraft.com/) very useful.

http://www.stratfor.com and the like.

Protip: If you abandon your subscription in last stage of the cart and come back later, it knocks 50% off the price. It did for me anyway.

The MSM creates a false world view by creating an impression that rare, exciting events are the norm. Stratfor creates a false world view by "contextualizing" current events and making predictions, thus creating a false impression that the future is knowable.

Pick the fantasy you're most comfortable with.

Yes, a lot of the analysis is quite silly. It's a good way to find out about stuff though.

Last Week Tonight by John Oliver is a good source of news when it is in-season.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight

Sibling mentioned The Economist; I read Prospect for similar reasons (it's monthly, so even more so), and reading something a bit leftist helps balance something a bit rightist. (I also read TIME, but I hear the US edition is quite dumbed down, so maybe only if you can get a European or Asian edition).