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news fatigue

Becoming tired of the constant negativity or political propaganda in the news. People with news fatigue might decide to stop all news consumption for the purpose of being more at peace and improving their mental health and mood and may then find themselves happier and with more energy to do the things they enjoy.
News Addict: "Hey, did you see the news today? (something negative)"
Tired Person: "No, I have news fatigue and I’m happier without it.”
by WeNeedCleanEnergy April 21, 2020
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news hole

The amount of space (in print) or airtime (in radio and TV) given to news content.
In today's 24-hour news cycle a lot of garbage gets aired just to fill the news hole.

or conversely:

Shrinking newspaper profits have led to a smaller news hole in most daily newspapers.
by Sucka Free City October 22, 2007
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news junkie

Someone who can't function unless they've read all the major news stories of the day. They probably use RSS feeds to avoid missing anything from their favorite sources.
He's such a news junkie. He won't leave for the bar until he's read all the headlines from Reuters and Al Jazeera. Then he'll read Ars Technica at the bar.
by mondokoosh October 31, 2013
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News-Feed Whore

A person who abuses facebook by writing on numerous amounts walls, having long conversations on walls that should be done on MSN or facebook chat, playing games and doing quizzes. These people fill everyone's news-feeds and its very annoying.
Dalia! stop being a News-Feed Whore! It's soooo annoying.
by JDAndrews2597 April 20, 2009
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News-rage

The emotional state of increasing anger resulting in verbal or written rants about poorly written news articles, misleading headlines, and biased reporting.
James' news-rage was bang on the money about that terrible article in the Herald this morning.
by Springbok27 February 21, 2009
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news at 11

An expression of total non-surprise at the revelation of something that is supposedly new and/or exciting, but is actually old hat. Often used in a sarcastic context.
Person A: "A new report just released says that the sky is blue."
Person B: "News at 11."
by Some Guy (2q38f7bdo73h2sdlh) September 26, 2005
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news of the world

The sixth studio album by the British band Queen. The album was released on October 28th 1977. Contains tracks such as: We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions and Spread Your Wings.
What is your favourite Queen album?
News of the world of course!
by queenfana April 12, 2020
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