Maybe it's an old person thing, but "watching" the news means sitting down and watching a network television program.

We don't consider online articles or Tiktok "watching the news"

RSS feeds and Lemmy, mostly.

Since this is Shitty Ask Lemmy, I must conclude that you are imagining the whole thing.

It sounds like maybe she heard it on the radio.

i don't watch the news, i monitor the situation

This is the stuff I pay for

Lawfare for Trump stuff

Peter Zeihan for what’s happening next year

I read/listen to as much of The Economist as I can get through each week

The free one that is key is What’s Going On with Shipping

The TV news in the US is beyond useless

Some of us just absorb the news thru osmosis

They read it like the rest of us

Oh my dad is one of those. He watches The YouTube instead, which is somehow even worse for his brain and disposition.

Personally I go through spurts of hyper engagement and non engagement so I wouldn't really say I pay attention to the news bc I'm not consistent or deliberate

I watch breaking points on YouTube for my national news

She probably does that reading stuff