It's okay to read it. You should read everything you can. But it is the analysis of the ideas that matter.
Question everything. Reported facts may not be facts at all. And opinions, while often finely crafted, are often worthless.
About ninety percent of everything we read is spin. Just ask yourself who is doing the spinning and why.
100% agreed. I'm trying to teach that to my 7 year-old. Not only with what he reads, but what he's taught in school. I know 7's a little early to expect him to have experience to draw on to actually analyze it, but I want to ingrain in him the idea of not necesarrily accepting 'experts' as 'experts.'