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Writer quits bad news for 48 hours and reports the results
Original: 🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection: I stopped reading bad news for 48 hours. Here’s what happened - https://www.
Positive News has published a first-person account of a writer who stopped consuming negative news for 48 hours, describing what changed in their mood and attention. The piece is part of the outlet's 'Digital Crossroads' collection on how people relate to media and technology, and it is being shared and reshared among readers interested in digital wellbeing and news avoidance.
Why now: Ongoing debate about doomscrolling and news fatigue is driving interest in personal experiments with cutting out negative news.
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