Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being

Post by notRobot » Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 5:39 PM UTC

mywacaday wrote: post #77

kabdib wrote: post #63

I put myself into a news bubble about six weeks ago. I still very occasionally read local news and a mainstream front page (say, every few days), which seems sufficient to let me know what's going on in broad terms. Stuff leaks into the bubble (e.g., via HN) but the point is not to be totally isolated, just not to get caught in hours-long doom spirals. I've given money to the campaigns that are going to get money fro…

I put myself in a semi news bubble about 6 months ago, no longer check the news daily or watch TV news. Now if I could only stop checking HN multiple times a day....

Post by op03 » Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 5:40 PM UTC

mywacaday wrote: post #77

kabdib wrote: post #63

I put myself into a news bubble about six weeks ago. I still very occasionally read local news and a mainstream front page (say, every few days), which seems sufficient to let me know what's going on in broad terms. Stuff leaks into the bubble (e.g., via HN) but the point is not to be totally isolated, just not to get caught in hours-long doom spirals. I've given money to the campaigns that are going to get money fro…

I put myself in a semi news bubble about 6 months ago, no longer check the news daily or watch TV news. Now if I could only stop checking HN multiple times a day....

Post by noneeeed » Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 5:42 PM UTC

notRobot wrote: post #81

mywacaday wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I put myself in a semi news bubble about 6 months ago, no longer check the news daily or watch TV news. Now if I could only stop checking HN multiple times a day....

HN has a noprocrast feature that might help. Go to user settings to configure

Post by dudul » Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 5:44 PM UTC

dageshi wrote: post #73

cblconfederate wrote: post #22

What are we supposed to read then? Politics is the current day s soap opera

When Trump caught Covid I actually thought to myself that this is a soap opera plot from a parallel dimension and the writers had just jumped the shark.

Post by baggy_trough » Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 5:49 PM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #38

verroq wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I won’t call some of these reporters journalists, they are more like activists. They aren’t interested in keeping society informed, they just want to push their agenda.

The only worthwhile journalism is activism. Discomfort the powerful. Unfortunately it's dangerous to be too good at this, see Daphne Caruana Galizia.