> “There’s outrage fatigue,” Mr. Donohue said. “You can very easily leave people feeling helpless, which can then lead to being disengaged.” An anthropologist

> “There’s outrage fatigue,” Mr. Donohue said. “You can very easily leave people feeling helpless, which can then lead to being disengaged.” An anthropologist analyzed despair fatigue. And discussed journalism's role: How could such total, lock-step defiance of reality be maintained in a country with a formally free press and highly educated population? To some degree, you find the familiar bubble effect. Politicians, journalists, lobbyists, CEOs, and corporate bureaucrats rarely talk to anyone except each other. They constitute a distinct intellectual universe. (http://thebaffler.com/salvos/despair-fatigue-david-graeber http://thebaffler.com/salvos/despair-fatigue-david-graeber) The NYT article mentions, "journalists who advocate causes might be selective in their reporting or biased in their coverage." But of course, "professional journalism" hides selective, biased coverage. For example, something's newsworthy when a government or corporate bureaucrat says it: When a journalist reports what official sources are saying, or debating, she is professional. When she steps outside this range of official debate to provide alternative perspectives or to raise issues those in power prefer not to discuss, she is no longer being professional. (http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/McChesney/Media_Crisis_Times.html http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/McChesney/Media_Crisis_Tim...)