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‘I can’t cope with it any more’: newsrooms scramble to retain audiences amid the big switch-off (www.theguardian.com)

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“I used to have the news on the TV every morning for an hour or so as I got the children ready for school and completed my household tasks,” he said. “Now it has literally been switched off and unplugged. I can’t cope with it any more. It’s just too much and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Though he dips into his favourite news apps occasionally in the evening, he now strictly limits his news consumption. He’s not alone. The Guardian has been contacted by a series of one-time news junkies who are now seeking to restrict their news intake after suffering from disturbed sleep or a downturn in their mood.

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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This is what happens when News cares more about revenue and numbers rather than, you know, the news.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Keeping people informed with journalistic integrity makes less money, so fascist dictatorship it is!

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

At this point, the world's energy crisis could be solved handily by harnessing the graves of each country's independent investigative journalism and tapping the free energy created as they spin like gargantuan hydroelectric turbines.