I started to go off and explore headlines from various newspapers in order to draw some sort of "evidence"... but quickly gave up.
And the reason is that I stumbled across
this article in The Guardian. It's an excellent read and one bit in partcular made me realise what I was doing in my search... "confirmation bias". I
was doing this! "
What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact.". We're seeking to understand information in a way that supports our point of view rather than considering what other folk are saying. We often have no intention of challenging our own perspective. I wonder if many of us are sometimes guilty of this?
I don't agree with the whole article but aspects of it certainly struck a note. I have edged away from consuming quite so much news over the past year or two; I used to be an avid reader but now I cast an eye over it a lot less frequently. According to the author, this may be a good thing!