Anectodal comment here: n=1. I stopped actively viewing news in all formats around 4 years ago. I actively shunned TV news, newspapers, radio, and I block all

Anectodal comment here: n=1. I stopped actively viewing news in all formats around 4 years ago. I actively shunned TV news, newspapers, radio, and I block all ads online. Some still got through, making me more determined to avoid them: leaving the room when the news came on for example (my wife switching the channel over!). But it made me angry because I couldn't escape it. I literally could not get away from it. When I enter the supermarket, the newspapers are right in front of the damn door! I actually look away from them. Look past them. Whatever it takes. I've now resigned myself to absorbing some of it passively but I have developed a kind of shield. I almost internally say "meh, so what!". Almost none of it directly affects me or if it does I am in no position to do ANYTHING about it. Almost. Some still gets through and pisses me off expecially since every news broadcast or story has a politician in it. But it was depressing. I actually think that before I stopped I was depressed. Not just feeling down. Clinically depressed. I am a different person now. I talk to other entrepreneurs: by definition, the successful ones are quite positive people. I honestly think the constant depressing and negative news was what made me depressed. The sooner you get rid of it, the better you'll feel.