There was a time when breaking news meant something.
Now, everything breaks.
Alerts. Updates. Emergency banners. Endless scrolling urgency. But somewhere along the way, the signal collapsed under its own weight.
The system discovered something powerful:
Exhaustion is easier to manage than awareness.
When the mind is overloaded, it stops questioning.
When the audience is tired, it accepts.
April—the so-called “Month of Fools”—reveals a strange truth:
The illusion isn’t that news is fake…
It’s that it’s complete.
What’s missing often matters more than what’s shown.
And what’s shown?
Just enough to keep you looking—but never long enough to see.
Link for Article:
https://www.reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2024/news-avoidance
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