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Oliver Burkeman argues we need to pay less, not more, attention to the news.

Oliver Burkeman argues that not only is the way we've come to consume news bad for us, it actually distorts our ability to be informed, hindering society rather than enabling it.

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Living with the News: 21/12/2022

21/12/2022

BBC Radio 4 - Living with the News, 21/12/2022

Is the news making the world worse? - 'The news' came about to speak truth to power and keep citizens engaged. What if the way we get news is now doing more harm than good?

Oliver explores if our engagement with the news is a symptom of damage to public life? 

One of the consequences of our obsession with the news is how we now feel more involved with it. In this episode we see how that plays out and can actually contribute to making a situation worse. 

Commenting on a story or tweeting about it and makes us feel that on some level we are involved in it. That involvement can really push our buttons if it's an issue we already feel strongly about.	

When that strength of feeling spills out of the comment section and into the real world nobody wins.

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