I remember reading Chicken Little when I was a child. The story goes that a young chick was walking along when an acorn hit him on the head. With no further investigation Chicken Little came to the kind of well reasoned conclusion that floods our internet today. The sky is falling! Today Chicken Little would be an excellent anchor for a cable network. Every time I violate my own personal mental health policy and turn on a news network I am plunged into despair and fear. The sky is falling! Look! There is an expert with an important title displaying a colorful chart to prove it! Hear me out. I know there is an important role in communicating information for our safety. But the tone, choice of graphic descriptors, and sheer volume of fear mongering is depressing. When I really fall into the abyss and survey social media I see overwhelming fear, anger, gloom, and apocalyptic doom. Again, I understand
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