This is exactly how I feel about politics. As a journalist, a lot of people assume I know a lot about current politics and events. But I have learned that the more I expose myself to politics, the harder it it to continue to believe that I can actually make a difference and keep a positive outlook. If I pay attention to politics every day, my mental health declines and I eventually get so pessimistic and discouraged that I question my profession. I know this from experience and have to really balance my intake of news if I want to do my job well while also taking care of my mental health.

I think this is an interesting thing to assert because I know personally older generations never taught me to be critical of the information I consume. That is something I had to learn on my own. In fact, I think the older generations are actually much less critical of news than younger generations are and tend to believe what they see more. I just think it's interesting that this article claims that older generations are teaching newer generations to be critical of the information they consume without any proof or quotes to back that statement up.