Hi OP,
Install an old fashioned feed reader app and add the news feeds of newspaper web sites.
A good feed reader app will block ads or provide a 'reader' mode for the news articles.
You are not going to get fully away from clickbait and sensationalism this way, But it is much better than a popularity-based system like reddit, because you choose exactly what you want
For discussion you will have to talk with your friends or acquaintances about the news that you read.
A cross-platform feed reader that is popular is "fluent reader" Link here. Although I have not personally used it.
Maybe Fluent Reader in combination with Feebin. Good thing it's available on all platforms and for me the biggest pro is that you can read the whole article, also without leaving the app.
I looked through my package manager and found Fluent. It looks ok. Here is a screenshot I just took: https://imgur.com/a/ldXJxcq
I'll give it a try. If it doesn't workout, I'll try Tiny RSS.