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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 | 4 comments | 07 Sep 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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petesergeant ◴[07 Sep 25 14:32 UTC] No.45158472[source]▶
I’ve been using The Economist’s “The World in Brief”, which sounds like much the same thing. I’m six weeks in to the news diet, and am much less angry all the time.
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HarHarVeryFunny ◴[07 Sep 25 14:44 UTC] No.45158606[source]▶
I used to read the UK Financial Times ("the pink 'un") as a source of world news rather than fincancial news - it was always a lot more sober and objective.
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1. qcnguy ◴[07 Sep 25 18:50 UTC] No.45161059[source]▶
The FT isn't objective. It doesn't even pretend it's objective these days. It literally flew the EU flag outside its offices for years after the UK left, and its editorial line was exactly what you'd expect.
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2. teamonkey ◴[07 Sep 25 19:41 UTC] No.45161486[source]▶
The FT has a bias towards Finance of course, but it is read by people who make financial decisions based on world economic events and these people need it to represent reality.

The reason they were pro-EU is that there were no realistic arguments where Brexit would benefit The UK’s businesses, finance sector or economy as a whole.

3. johnnyanmac ◴[07 Sep 25 19:46 UTC] No.45161515[source]▶
Is any news site these days even pretending to be objective? The best news sites these days are aggregating all the biased sources together and presenting the full spectrum.

Something like Ground News, but even there I'm not sure I trust their algorithmic weighing.

4. HarHarVeryFunny ◴[07 Sep 25 20:11 UTC] No.45161703[source]▶
Sitting on the fence, giving equal time to both sides, and ignoring reality is not being objective.

If being a member of the EU was objectively a benefit to most UK businesses then that is what I would hope to read in an FT editorial, not some Kumbaya "it's all good, we have no opinion".