Rising Impact of the News on Mental Health

[MaybeMaybeNot]

I try to ignore the news. We no longer have news sources. Mostly everything is manipulation. Opinion and speculation parade as facts. News articles drip with bias. So much information shared on social media is simply untrue. So, when you read the comments, what you are seeing is not a reflection of who the commentator is as a person; it is a result of the rabid manipulation machines fiercely at work on them and on you. 

I know someone who told me how important he thought it was stay informed and worked to keep on top of the news. Then I see what he shares on social media. A simple Google search shows he is reposting blatant lies. He is not the only one I know like that.  I just stay off Facebook and unfollow people who share politicially infused elsewhere.  

Edited Wednesday at 03:24 AM by MaybeMaybeNot

[pubic_assistance]

10 hours ago, MaybeMaybeNot said:

We no longer have news sources. Mostly everything is manipulation. Opinion and speculation parade as facts. News articles drip with bias. So much information shared on social media is simply untrue.

ABSOLUTELY 💯  Yet SO many people INSIST they KNOW the FACTS as they spew Corporate Media propaganda they heard on CNN (left) or FOX (right). 

I avoid American based news sources altogether. Its almost never factual. 

Edited Wednesday at 01:29 PM by pubic_assistance
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[NipLuvr212]

OR...

We have deeply felt value systems which transcend the every day chatter of the news - we are secure in our beliefs, seek like minded people, and treasure the people who share the fact that there are people out there simply working to reduce human suffering and make this world a better place

Sure I carefully curate my sources of information - not because I fear opposing views, but rather because I can distinguish between what is helpful in my life and what is not

Make good choices.

[pubic_assistance]

On 8/13/2025 at 9:35 AM, NipLuvr212 said:

OR...

We have deeply felt value systems which transcend the every day chatter of the news - we are secure in our beliefs, seek like minded people, and treasure the people who share the fact that there are people out there simply working to reduce human suffering and make this world a better place

Sure I carefully curate my sources of information - not because I fear opposing views, but rather because I can distinguish between what is helpful in my life and what is not

Make good choices.

Although at face these seem worthy goals...what you are ACTUALLY doing is living in an echo chamber and falling prey to emotional manipulation by a media that has absolutely no goal of solving the very problems of which you care about.  The goal is to cause friction and distract the general public from the theft of our liberties and the wealth of the middle class.

Edited Thursday at 08:28 PM by pubic_assistance
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[+ KensingtonHomo]

On 8/14/2025 at 8:36 AM, pubic_assistance said:

Although at face these seem worthy goals...what you are ACTUALLY doing is living in an echo chamber and falling prey to emotional manipulation by a media that has absolutely no goal of solving the very problems of which you care about.  The goal is to cause friction and distract the general public from the theft of our liberties and the wealth of the middle class.

Oddly like you @pubic_assistance I generally read and consume media from outside the US for the same reasons you states. However, you’re assuming that @NipLuvr212 has created an echo chamber because he said he uses his values to guide his consumption. He may value news with little editorial interference. Or he may value reading a paper like the Financial Times like I do. I do not agree with the pro-capitalist editorial stance of FT, but their reporting is very good. The same could be said of the Wall Street Journal. 

For American sources, I tend to trust AP and Reuters for just the facts or breaking news as they tend not to editorialize. Then I read the Guardian, Le Monde, and FT. And I follow commentators who analysis I trust and who make clear that “X” is a fact about which the have “Y” opinion.