Not for nothing, but just kind of a PSA from my own experience lately:
I’m convinced that you’ll drive yourself crazy following the news and what these morons they put on tv say every day. I’m not completely disengaged - I’m still here occasionally, but I gave up Twitter and watching TV and spending my time doing other productive things. I feel a LOT better.
Tv has really become a sounding board for deranged idiots. These are not people worth watching or caring about what they have to say. You wouldn’t concern yourself with the words of some lunatic on the corner spouting gibberish, and I’m convinced the only real difference in most cases is a shower and tv makeup.
These people don’t have any meaningful sway over public opinion anymore, and as they increasingly realize this, the more prone they are to spouting more inanities to get you to notice them. So don’t.
Good advice. It’s all distraction, and television is powerful for amplifying what isn’t important.