A Simple Way to Filter the Daily News

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“The viewpoints I encountered on the radio were too extreme. … I signed up to receive one daily news summary from an apparently reasonable right-of-center organization (The Morning Dispatch) and one daily news summary from an apparently reasonable left-of-center news organization (Axios).” - Kenneth Berding

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A review of Jeffrey Bilbro's Reading the Times

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“Bilbro suggests that we release ourselves from the junk-food news diet by attending to resources that are deep and rich. This is essential because “so much of what people do under the rubric of unwinding or self-care doesn’t actually recreate or restore; It scratches the itch of our restless souls’ ” - Tim Miller

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Bad News: Reading the News Too Much Is Terrible For Your Mental Health

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“Some people get a little too caught up in the news, right? Not you, of course…. just in case, you might want to check into a new study from Taylor and Francis, that found compulsive news consumption is a true terror for your mental health and even takes a toll on your physical health.” - Relevant

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