Simple cure - TURN IT OFF!
I turn on our local news precisely at 6:14 every night, watch the local weather, then promptly turn it back off.
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.
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.