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Boris Johnson resigns, news apathy, plus deadlines at Reuters, USA Today, Washington Post, BBC, NPR, AFP and the British Heart Foundation
Hello folks, it's that time again…
We have a couple of huge pieces of news, one from yesterday and one from this morning, after former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event and later died in hospital.
Yesterday’s big news was that Boris Johnson resigned as UK Prime Minister, but didn’t really resign(?), after a scandal-ridden three years in charge. Before I give my two cents on the latter, some quick housekeeping…
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Okay, back to yesterday’s news…
I’m pretty apathetic toward this kind of stuff these days, especially when you see who’s in the running to replace Johnson. For me, this isn’t politics. Politics is really important. It affects every part of our lives, from the environment we want to leave for the future, to the rising costs of everyday living.
What we’re currently witnessing is more like a gameshow, one that has a beginning, middle and a climactic end every few years — David Cameron (2016), Theresa May (2019) and now Boris Johnson (2022). Very soon we’ll have another unelected PM, they’ll call a snap election to try and assert their authority over the country, and then we’ll do it all over again.
That got me thinking about something we touched on a few weeks ago about why people in many countries are actively avoiding the news. Here’s a quick refresher…
According to the 2022 Digital News Report, among this year’s most noticeable trends is the increase in apathy toward consuming news. The selective avoidance of news has risen sharply in many nations around the world, including practically doubling in Brazil (54%) and the UK (46%) in the past five years.
The most common reasons include too much coverage on politics and Covid-19, news having a negative effect on one’s mood, and the lack of trust and unbiased news. And a significant proportion of younger and less educated people avoid news “because it can be hard to follow or understand – suggesting that the news media could do much more to simplify language and better explain or contextualise complex stories.”
I was asked by a friend of a friend this week why I’m so apathetic toward the news, especially seeing as this newsletter means I’m very much connected and reliant on the industry. Aside from the reasons mentioned above, I’m tired of tragedy breaking my heart, and being lectured to by folks at the top who have no credentials to do so. If that means avoiding the number one source of said negative emotions, then that’s a completely normal reaction to have.
As much as it hurts the industry and quite literally this newsletter, I’m glad more folks are tuning in and out of the news cycle as and when they please. There’s so much more to every one of us than what we do for a living. To be honest, there really is nothing like getting lost in ones own activities and thoughts for a few days, and then coming back to the surface to check in with what’s going on. If that means contentment increases, then that’s what we have to do.
Anyway, if none of this resonates, you’re right because I wouldn’t listen to me either. Enjoy your weekends and we’ll do it all again on Monday. 👋