Since the election I’ve found it hard to read the news. It’s not that I don’t care, but I think I want to distance myself. I’ve never experienced this before. It’s not a pleasant feeling.
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I'm reading as much or more news, but trying to be much more selective about my sources. Basically ignoring cable news and NYT, WaPo, LA Times, any news provider that reveals itself as unethical or morally compromised. Then it's just information, and I can decide how and how much to feel about it.
learning the new things that are happening for me feel very scary and almost like im tripping on acid again lmao it feels like im watching a thriller/psychological movie
I'm more interested in local/regional news than I was. National news, dominated by Trump's clowncar cabinet picks and Biden's pardon, has little to offer. I care, too, just way more about how my communities are going to adapt to what's coming: good, bad, or absolutely terrifying.
Agreed! For me, it’s the abject stupidity and MSM’s capitulation and willingness to follow shiny objects, as opposed to facts. I don’t want to be entertained,I want the truth, no matter how inconvenient. If we are going to survive the next four years, we need to hear it straight up, warts and all!
The 🍊man’s MO is to overwhelm and exhaust us, and it’s been effective. He manages to suck all the oxygen out of the room on a daily basis, and the whipsaw effect snows us under as well. We end up experiencing a lot of angst about a lot of things that never come to fruition. Fear is a powerful tool.
Overwhelmed by how 95% of mainstream media is designed to make you fearful or give you a false sense of knowing what's going on in the world. I feel it.
That's why I only follow Under The Desk News. No opinions. Just facts. They may not be a huge establishment like NYT and such, but they get the news out there without all the nonsense.
I grew up reading a minimum of two newspapers a day. I’ve been following politics for 40 years. But now, I’m almost completely checked out. I’m going to enjoy this privilege until the sh*t hits my personal fan. I’m exhausted from warning/begging/predicting to no avail.
same, extremely indifferent to a lot of things now. And very easily angry when people finally realize they voted for a massive lie. As if it wasn't mega obvious.
Same - I want to stay informed, but I don’t need the constant onslaught and opinion pieces. Just the facts, when I need them. Really going to try to detox from news and social media.
Part of me really just wants to steer clear of the news for the next ~4 years bc I remember following the news religiously from 2016-2020 and it not doing me a bit of good apart from giving me daily aggravation. It's probably not responsible, but it's for my own sanity.
I've actually found that my emotional health has improved greatly since I stopped reading the news on 11/6. My job doesn't depend on it, and I've gone pretty much cold turkey. The first two weeks were tough, but since then it's like I've turned off tinnitus and am experiencing actual peace.
I think this is a very widespread reaction. I am trying to stay informed while also feeling the need to filter and protect myself . I was never a news junkie but now I feel actual repulsion, leaving the newspaper unread, turning off the radio.
As you said, this doesn’t feel good
And before anyone says "we must keep fighting"....Just remind them there is absolutely NOTHING that can be done for at least a year. Until the run up to the midterms.
I really struggle b/c it's a privilege to step away, isn't it? I can b/c I am (for now) safe & can afford to. My anxiety comes re: those who cannot step away b/c their lives are literally in danger & they need help. How do I protect myself but keep fighting for those who need it? I don't know.
I had to stop listening to them when they in all seriousness had to refer to him as “President Trump” the first time. Just going along as if everything was normal.
Right - there are two parts to my current discomfort. One is the terrible, terrible news itself, and the other is the normalizing tone with which all the major news outlets are delivering it.
Meanwhile, if they even THINK Biden has made a misstep, the coverage is never ending.
It's hard to distance yourself, but for me, it's been better for my mental health to have a "vague" idea of what's going on and try to ignore the rest.
I think I am tired of the same predictable pattern of news. I want to hear the news of efforts on the ground from folks that are countering the insanity. I can’t live on a steady diet of fear and shock because it helps ratings.
I consumed news for a few hours per day for 8 years and all it got me was stress and Trump again. No more. I have an RSS feed for Megathreads that show up in /r/politics. So I'll know when I lose my health insurance or when the president falls over dead eating a cheeseburger on the toilet.
For me, it’s that every headline re:the new administration feels like my biggest “yup, told ya so.” It’s sickening to see it all unfold just as/worse than we knew it would. +even worse to see the shocked reactions of R voters who are just now realizing what was in the kool-aid they were drinking.
It is for me. I’ll check AP and Reuters for headlines but basically the rest of media print and otherwise is corporate propaganda and all of owned by Trump supporters. You’ll be better off without it.
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"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled."
I needed to do it once before, during Bush43’s second term.
As you said, this doesn’t feel good
Now fuck them
What comes next isn't on you
And before anyone says "we must keep fighting"....Just remind them there is absolutely NOTHING that can be done for at least a year. Until the run up to the midterms.
Sit back. Relax. Enjoy doing what you do.
Meanwhile, if they even THINK Biden has made a misstep, the coverage is never ending.
shhh, don't tell my boss.