On emotion-based click-bait versions of reality....

     In such a world, where truth routinely loses to emotion-based click-bait versions of reality, how can you know what is true and what is not?   And more importantly, how can you act for the greater good—or even your own good—when you can't reliably sort the truth from the lies?
     If you buy into the full-scary narratives promoted by either the political left or the political right, you're probably experiencing loserthink.  A more useful way to think of the political news is that nearly every major story is exaggerated to the point of falsehood, with the intention of scaring the public.  If you think the frightened feeling you are getting from the news is legitimate and appropriate, you probably don't understand how the business model of news has changed

-Scott Adams, Loserthink, How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America