AL Kennedy explores how we get information without an overload of negativity.
'Sadness, rage, anxiety...our media use them to hook us, withhold the good news, exhaust us with the bad', she writes.
She reflects on why 'selective news avoidance' is on the increase.
Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross Editor: Penny Murphy
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