I use Ubuntu for work and have no issues with it to be honest. I install everything via apt, I think a few things are via snap but nothing that I’ve installed directly. It’s stable and I can get on with stuff. I definitely am not a fan of the move towards snap and the app store: if I was to choose I’d go vanilla Debian.
Have you tried any of the news sources that aim to aggregate and debias news stories?
Two that I use are:
Ground.news
ImproveTheNews
They provide summaries, and also a breakdown of different sources reporting the stories. I find them pretty interesting and useful.