My possibly better option: choose a boring news service. Deutsche Welle, for instance. You learn of important news, but it is not written in a way to make you emotionally light up like a Christmas tree.
BBC and PBS are the only others which I watch besides DW.
Edit: I just downloaded their app and I noticed it has a 'text only' and an 'offline' mode! Truly wonderful!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idmedia.an...