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More and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety

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126 points giuliomagnifico | 2 comments | 07 Sep 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.015s | source
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habosa ◴[07 Sep 25 14:21 UTC] No.45158369[source]▶
If you want to keep a light pulse on national news without the clickbait and doomscrolling, I recommend https://text.npr.org

It’s text-only, no photos or videos. Updates only once or twice a day. No comments section or any other distractions.

That’s been my main change to my news diet. Deleting the NYTimes app and replacing it with that site has made me much happier.

I still read a lot of local news (San Francisco things that affect my life) but I just realize that national political news is not something I need to track 24/7

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1. stopthebullshit ◴[07 Sep 25 16:53 UTC] No.45159847[source]▶
You missed the point.

Part of the anxiety is the bias of the media and their attempts to get attention by sensationalizing the news, and often by lying.

Having the lies in text without photos does not fix the issue.

Edit: if you find yourself disagree, then it's because of your political position. I did not see it was NPR when posting this. replace NPR with Fox News and then read my comment again, see how you feel.

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2. johnnyanmac ◴[07 Sep 25 19:48 UTC] No.45161531[source]▶
>if you find yourself disagree, then it's because of your political position

How does your political leanings affect how you react to clickbait? NPR makes clickbait, Fox makes clickbait. Images make it easier but text can still be effective.

I don't see the spin here. Yes, news across the spectrum is lying more and more. Or at least severly downplaying some heinous events. That shouldn't be a partisan stance.