Reading Political News In the Age of Trump Leaves People Stressed, Angry, and Overwhelmed [niemanlab.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 10/3/194:00 AM

By Joshua Benton, NiemanLab, September 30, 2019

People should consume news, right?

I mean, that’s the underlying assumption of everything we do: that the work journalists do is valuable and important, and that the value and importance grows the more people read, watch, or listen to their work.

If that’s true, what do we do with the fact that consuming news makes so many people feel so bad?

Does that mean we’re doing our job, accurately reflecting a deeply screwy world for our audience? You know the old saying: “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” Mathematically speaking, that’s equivalent to: “If you’re paying attention, you’re going to be outraged.”

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