Tips on how to stay sane in a world of constant and crazy news
With news, fake or otherwise, coming at us at the speed of light, it’s important for our physical and mental health not to be in a constant state of flight or fright
New York — Life comes at you fast — these days, it seems, at the speed of light. The first 100 days of any new presidential administration bring a flurry of actions and reactions, but this first month alone has been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential tweets, and momentous events — among them an immigration order that created havoc at airports before being blocked in court, dozens of large protest marches, anarchists in the streets of Berkeley, one nomination to the Supreme Court, one national security adviser’s resignation and, for good measure, a North Korean missile test. News readership is on the rise. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New Yorker are just a few of the publications reporting post-election subscription bumps. Leading up to the inauguration, news consumers spent 42% more time in the newspaper category last year than in 2015, and in the political news category 180% more, Comscore reports. Meanwhile, "fake news" is proliferating on the rig...
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