> You get flooded by info that you never need in your daily life or in near future.

Who does the flooding? It surely ain't the people.

> Every news channel would inundate you with global news as if all that is happening in your neighborhood.

Not all global news. Just some global news. And framed in a particular manner for effect.

> This is partly the reason why governments of the western world are forced to act on everything that happens on other side of the world.

You have it backwards. These governments and the elites who control these government want to act and use media to generate popular support.

> Because people feel that their government should do something about it.

No. People generally want their governments to not get involved. For example, no war the US was involved in was a result of "the people putting pressure on the government".