Personally i think most news is toxic these days. Especially american news. Its a symptom of the pathology that runs through society.
One of the interesting things that many don't realize around the world is, news is syndicated by companies like Reuters and Allied Press - This means that all news is tainted and translated into global languages. Often, a lot of news stories do not even cite a reporter.
So my rule is i leave a room the second the news is on.
I do the same when elsewhere - it is never on at home.
Its like the news controls their attention so much that they can't wait to jump into conversation about it. Even if nobody else in the party is interested.
I wonder if for a lot of people these days it is also from a lack of other things to talk about - people are consumers far more than creators now.
Well its because you vitriolically spout news and opinions based on them to an unwillingly reception. They came to have a social gathering. Live life a little not listen to you repeat your version of the news. Is sad really.
And many think if not interested in the news, if not watching the news - you are uneducated....
I've found the most educated are the ones that take the news with a grain of salt or at least aggregate their news from multiple sources. And even then they don't prattle on about the news once they've digested what is in it. They're usually the smarter cookies.