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Not to mention all the articles and programmes about improbable dangers, such as being swallowed by a black hole. As Davey pointed out, they often give most credence to those supporting the Doomsday scenario, and significantly less exposure to the experts who critique them.
"Most people wouldn’t know what a black hole was even if it came straight up the toilet pan, dragged them screaming towards the singularity at the speed of light and ultimately spaghettified them. But the chances of that are very, very remote," the psychologist said.
In today's content, there is often a lack of distinction between news and comment, especially when news outlets are cynically attempting to broadcast their own heavily angled political views, and news-as-comment is just one step away from fake news.
Winning the political argument is all that matters, it’s not important whether the information you garner to support your argument is heavily angled or even sheer delusion. This is because, by our very nature, human beings cannot allow their ingrained political or ideological beliefs to be destroyed by "facts" because for many people those beliefs define them and are a central component of their identity.
So obviously, there's plenty of news that is sensationalized, emotionalized, and stuffed with speculative commentary. But at least the psychological impact on the mental health of consumers is becoming increasingly recognized too. And good thing we have such awesome sources to balance out the negativity.
