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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 | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | 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. johnnyanmac ◴[07 Sep 25 19:43 UTC] No.45161495[source]▶
>No comments section or any other distractions.

I think in this age of information wars where my country's administration is unironically posting memes about their policy: it's almost as important to be informed of the "pulse" people have towards news as it is to understand the news itself. In a increasingly post-truth society, being informed of reality isn't enough.