Maybe I am not so badly influenced since I don’t have a TV (had only about 2 years my entire adult life), and don’t believe fake news unless I have other corroboration; plus take into consideration the fact that they lie and hate Trump and all of us normals.
The infantile negativity is very weird, it verges on mental illess imho...
I read several twitter pundit types and find many of their analyses excellent.
But I listen to satellite radio more than anything else. I have a Sirius/XM subscription so I get the FoxNews feed for Hannity, Tucker, etc.
When a snowstorm is coming, I have no worries. I have firewood, candles, a generator and lots of food. I don't have to watch the 24/7 news coverage - which probably raises blood pressure quite a bit. Instead, when I am snowed in, I listen to classical music and read some good books.
I think most Freepers are negative all the time because they are consuming too much MSM media. They believe in instant gratification and assume that because we haven't had a flood of indictments yet, that nothing is getting done and that everything is wrong. Things that don't happen on their timeline is...unacceptable.
I'm glad I got off that MSM treadmill.