News media wants to keep you angry, anxious, and depressed | Amanda Ripley

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Big Think
Apr 7, 2025

The news is broken. In the United States, it may feel like our news cycle is designed to make people anxious and depressed. It may feel like journalism exploits our divisions and amplifies our fears more than ever. But how can we fix it?

Amanda Ripley has been a journalist for over 20 years, and she's diagnosing one of the US' biggest problems: Our news. Ripley says that adding these 3 considerations back into the equation could save our media.

00:00 A common sense of reality
01:13 The news is broken
03:11 Avoiding the media
06:20 The cost of breaking news
07:20 Depression and anxiety triggers
08:10 A better way to cover news