I didn't let my kids "watch" the news. Tabloid sensationalism is passed off as "news" these days and frankly it's far more violent and abhorrent than any of the movies people bitch about kids seeing. That's obviously a personal preference, though. They now have a viable framework from which to view and filter any of the heavily editorialized "news" though, knowing a good deal about economics, law, civics and such.
Heh I wait for the final version to come out in the history books
Anything in today's paper is hearsay until then
Keeping up on legislative matters day to day is much more important than the crap they write about in what is supposed to be the news, anyway. Fighting bad laws before they ever see the light of day, and promoting good ones, pestering your legislators, etc.