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Almost seven-in-ten Americans have news fatigue, more among Republicans
Pew Research Center ^ | June 5, 2018 | Jeffrey Gottfried

Posted on 06/05/2018 1:04:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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News? WHAT, 'News?'

24/7 Trump Bashing - but that's abating somewhat, IMHO, now that they KNOW he's going to fight back!

Heck. I still have Clinton Fatigue leftover from the 1990's, LOL!

1 posted on 06/05/2018 1:04:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
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2 posted on 06/05/2018 1:07:16 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (alea iacta est)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

When you can turn on the News, even just the Local News, and you can catch the anti Conservative / POTUS Trump Bias in the first 30 seconds of watching, there are no surprises.


3 posted on 06/05/2018 1:08:50 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Commie is a dead Commie. Cast your Ballot Accordingly.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Conservatives take the time and effort to deconstruct and ferret out the facts from the data stream, while liberals sit back and let their favorite Trump haters vent on TV.
4 posted on 06/05/2018 1:09:39 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Berlin_Freeper

#BetterputsomeiceonthatMetoo...


5 posted on 06/05/2018 1:09:41 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Commie is a dead Commie. Cast your Ballot Accordingly.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I think they mean “FAKE news fatigue.”


6 posted on 06/05/2018 1:11:30 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Simple cure - TURN IT OFF!


7 posted on 06/05/2018 1:11:44 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I am tired of “news”.

I would welcome News.


8 posted on 06/05/2018 1:11:54 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It’s hard for me to imagine someone looking back from 2050 and thinking to themselves that the rise of the 24 hour news cycle was this really great thing for society.

Freegards


9 posted on 06/05/2018 1:15:39 PM PDT by Ransomed
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News? WHAT, 'News?'

My first thought as well. We're tired of the vitriolic incessant hate filled Trump bashing 24/7

10 posted on 06/05/2018 1:18:16 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
30 years ago (even before internet for the masses) it was estimated that a person living at that time with local tv news, national broadcast news, cable news, a local news paper, a national news paper (like USA Today, NYT, WP, etc) would have more news in one day than a serf in medieval Europe would for the entire life.

With the internet it's grown exponentially.

It's impossible to keep up with and sort out the relevant news. The selection of 'relevant' news by the msm and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter news feeds hides news that should be front page but isn't.

Raising the profile of a news story creates msm narratives.

It's becoming overwhelming and I believe those in control of the platforms will only flood us with more to hide their agendas.

11 posted on 06/05/2018 1:18:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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BOOOO JIT !

We are envigorated.

Things are going the way of America for the first time since reporting WW2.

12 posted on 06/05/2018 1:19:29 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: Ransomed

I don’t watch network news or television outside of an occasional sports broadcast at all, haven’t for about 20 years now.

I think it is completely unhealthy to have that crap on all day long. When I go to somewhere to eat, and they ask me where I want to sit, and I say “As far away from any television as possible.”


13 posted on 06/05/2018 1:20:10 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: kaehurowing

****I think they mean “FAKE news fatigue.”****

Yesssssssssssss!!!

I watch the Weather Channel for news on Volcanos, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, hurricanes, floods etc. and check FR for other stuff;)


14 posted on 06/05/2018 1:20:27 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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"Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is"

What I'm feeling overwhelmed by is the amount of reports that aren't even newsworthy.
15 posted on 06/05/2018 1:20:39 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: aquila48

I turn on our local news precisely at 6:14 every night, watch the local weather, then promptly turn it back off.


16 posted on 06/05/2018 1:23:33 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: aquila48

You got that right.

And that extends to Free Republic too.

More than a time or two - I find myself FReeping too much. I usually take the weekends off from here.


17 posted on 06/05/2018 1:24:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
p07
18 posted on 06/05/2018 1:25:06 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: aquila48
And let 'them' (media, government agents, non-government agents, et.al.) get away with taking our country?

Turning off the news is what those in charge of forcing unwanted and unwelcome political and social agendas would love you to do.

In this case ignorance isn't bliss. It's submitting to slavery.

The key to fighting them isn't to turn off the news but to find the legitimate sources telling the truth.

19 posted on 06/05/2018 1:25:50 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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I was just thinking about that this morning. Popped on the radio, and it was Fox something or another (took the place of Glenn Beck), and realized just how bored of the bs I was.

The PM drive time guy also gets bored, and tries to lighten it up with non-hard news stuff, keying off whatever happens to make it into the news recently, other than Trump and the opposition.

20 posted on 06/05/2018 1:26:04 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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