Nah, it is largely stuff that has happened in some shape or form before and we survived it so chances are it will just be more of the same.
What does get to me sometimes is the oversharing of opinions on news on social media. There are so many idiots and a-holes out there shouting their opinions in spite of an abundance of evidence to disprove them. Most of it is rage bait to get you commenting and thus earning them money through the interactions algorythms.
I also find almost every media source has some bias (often a huge amount) so if something interests me then I will look at the subject from a wide range of news sources and try to piece together an estimation of the truth from all those pieces.
The current situation in the middle east has so many blackouts on reporting that it makes it hard to understand what is really happening for example. The "allies" don't want reports of strikes against them or loss of planes etc so media outlets are often penalised if they report anything ofther than the official line.
As for the USA that is just a complete bunfight now - I doubt there is much chance of getting accurate reporting from any media outlet there.
So in the end I switch it off and just dip in from time to time, limit the exposure when I do and remember what history has taught us about these things.
Nah, it is largely stuff that has happened in some shape or form before and we survived it so chances are it will just be more of the same.
What does get to me sometimes is the oversharing of opinions on news on social media. There are so many idiots and a-holes out there shouting their opinions in spite of an abundance of evidence to disprove them. Most of it is rage bait to get you commenting and thus earning them money through the interactions algorythms.
I also find almost every media source has some bias (often a huge amount) so if something interests me then I will look at the subject from a wide range of news sources and try to piece together an estimation of the truth from all those pieces.
The current situation in the middle east has so many blackouts on reporting that it makes it hard to understand what is really happening for example. The "allies" don't want reports of strikes against them or loss of planes etc so media outlets are often penalised if they report anything ofther than the official line.
As for the USA that is just a complete bunfight now - I doubt there is much chance of getting accurate reporting from any media outlet there.
So in the end I switch it off and just dip in from time to time, limit the exposure when I do and remember what history has taught us about these things.
