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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

More people are turning away from news, describing it as depressing, relentless and boring, a global study suggests.

Almost four in 10 (39%) people worldwide said they sometimes or often actively avoid the news, compared with 29% in 2017, according to the report by Oxford University's Reuters Institute.

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A total of 94,943 adults across 47 countries were surveyed by YouGov in January and February for this year's Digital News Report.