I called my Aunts and Uncles for New Year's Day, and they all brought up politics within ten minute conversations. It's not that media is forming their opinion

I called my Aunts and Uncles for New Year's Day, and they all brought up politics within ten minute conversations. It's not that media is forming their opinions. It's framing the topics of their thoughts and conversations. Conveniently, all these topics such as national/state policy and compliance, crime statistics and trends can only be fed by more media consumption. I worry about the permanence of the effects from these behavioral patterns. ADHD is a real medical condition, but there is also something else at play. It feels like we haven't developed the vocabulary to talk about these issues properly. I would love to tell people (like my Aunts and Uncles) something to the effect of "you seem a little X". Where X means your perspective is clouded by excessive media consumption.