For Wilson, “I pretty much stopped on a dime.” He consumed a lot of news about the election, but stopped with the MSNBC broadcasts the day after Trump’s win. Every so often, he logs on to see the latest, but the same feeling returns. “I was maybe so overinformed going into this election that now I just need to take a step back,” DelPonte says. “Things I think I have control over is what is helpful right now.”It’s not clear how widespread this “turn off the news” movement is. He signed up and, in return, received a 1,200-page book in the mail extolling the virtues of the popular vote.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2024 17:48 UTC