What do you think of people who aren't "tuned" in?

Okay, vague question, I know. Couldn’t think of a way to phrase it:

Sometimes I talk to people and they say, “I never watch the news,” it’s too: “sad”, “frustrating,” etc. They don’t read the paper, watch the news, and no Bill Maher. Ha! Anyway, I find it offensive, for some reason, that people don’t “tune in”. Are they still entitled to have opinions about the current climate, politically, etc. Should they be allowed to vote? Maybe they should have higher-taxes? (Would they even know they had higher taxes?) I admit, the current climate – war and strife seem to be ever-present and all-encompassing. I just don’t get people that don’t even skim the headlines. Oh well, what do you all think?