A Point of View

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AL Kennedy ponders how we deal with a never-ending cycle of bad news.

AL Kennedy reflects on why 'selective news avoidance' is on the increase.

AL Kennedy explores how we get information without an overload of negativity. 

'Sadness, rage, anxiety...our media use them to hook us, withhold the good news, exhaust us with the bad', she writes. 

She reflects on why 'selective news avoidance' is on the increase. 

Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher 
Production coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross 
Editor: Penny Murphy

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