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Bad News Overload? News Avoidance On The Rise
Bad News Overload? News Avoidance On The Rise
These days more than ever, it often feels like there’s no end to bad news.
In the age of social media and constant exposure to news, doom scrolling can take a heavy toll on people’s mental wellbeing.
As a consequence, more and more people actively try to avoid the news or at least limit their exposure to it.
As Statista's Felix Richter shows in the chart below, according to the Reuters Institute’s latest Digital News Report, an average of 42 percent of respondents from 48 countries...
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Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (C) speaks during a press conference in Gary, Ind., on Oct. 30, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images
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