When the News is Bad, Turn to Entertainment

Afraid to Watch the News, Millions Turn to Fox “NEWS” — The Channel Offers Welcome Break from Reality, Psychologists Say NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) – With unprecedented crises engulfing the world, millions of television viewers are finding the news too stressful to watch – and are turning to the Fox News Channel instead. “Things are so bad in the world right now, many people are afraid to watch the news,” says psychologist Davis Logsdon, who studies the relationship between news consumption and stress at the University of Minnesota.  “For them, Fox News represents a welcome break from reality.” Tracy Klugian, 37, a systems analyst from Lansing, Michigan, said that he was flipping the channels to find “anything but news” and found himself watching Fox for the first time. “They had this guy on – something Beck I think his name was – and he was just going on and on, making stuff up,” he said.  “I was like, this is the kind of mindless junk I need right now.” Mr. Klugian says he now records the program and watches it every day when he gets home for work: “For one hour at least, I know that I can kick [...]

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