I spend far too much time on Facebook, like at least 100 million other people I don’t know. Processing that much information is a challenge. Fortunately, Facebook puts the site name in all caps in gray below any post. I’d like to share some of the techniques I use to determine what is newsworthy:
economist.com, nytimes.com – Unbiased or biases will be obvious. Read it.
theguardian.com – This is really important and will never, ever be reported in the US. Read it.
cracked.com – It will be funny and ridiculously stated but true. Read it.
foxnews.com – It’s Obama’s fault. Skip it.
tiny.iavian.net, theblaze.net – It’s liberals’ fault. Skip it. (I guess you could skim The Blaze if you’re conservative or want some balance)
breitbart.net – Obama is the Manchurian Candidate. He’ll invite Yemeni religious zealots in to impose Sharia and steal your daughters. Skip it.
salon.com – It’s the conservatives’ fault. Skip it unless you are a liberal that is feeling super partisan and want to co-sign that day.
thinkprogress.org, dailykos.com – It’s the conservatives’ fault, but here’s why. . . Skim it.
forbes.com – Rich liberals argue with rich conservatives. Read it to see how rich people think.
mostlocalorregionalpapers.com – If you live there or the event you’re reading about happened there, read it. Otherwise, it’s probably a bad opinion piece. Skip it.
theonion.com – It’ll be funny, but the headline is usually the joke. Read the headline, read the article if you’re trying to burn some time.
openyourmind.net, countercurrentnews.com, anythingthatsoundslikethat.com – It sounds awesome, but there’s absolutely no science behind it. Skip it, or at least check Snopes.
huffingtonpost.com – Could be celebrity dish, could be politics, could be defining issues of our time. Who knows? Probably skip it.
I hope this helps!
Reforged 
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