Spencer Cox: “Studies have found that more time spent on the latest…”

“My wife and I, we stopped watching cable news 11 years ago and immediately saw an improvement in our marriage, our family, and our mental health. Now, that always elicits a laugh. But we're not alone. Studies have found that more time spent on the latest headlines, whether through social media or traditional media outlets, is really bad for our mental health. Psychologists refer to this phenomenon in different ways, like media saturation overload or doom scrolling or headline anxiety. You see more news on all the time isn't making us smarter, it's just stressing us out.” (07:42–07:53)

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