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Why 40 per cent of people are avoiding the news, according to a psychologist
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A psychologist examines why a significant proportion of people are deliberately avoiding news consumption, citing news fatigue and psychological distress from constant exposure to negative stories, based on recent survey data showing 40% of people globally and 69% of Canadians report avoiding news.
Why 40 per cent of people are avoiding the news, according to a psychologist
During several recent conversations, people have told me that they’ve stopped checking their phones in the morning. Not because nothing was happening, but because everything was. They described the feeling as standing under a waterfall of perpetual bad news.
This experience is far from an isolated one. According to Reuters Institute’s 2025 Digital News Report, 69 per cent of Canadians at least occasionally avoid the news now.
Globally, 40 per cent report they at least sometimes or often do the s
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