FemNaziBitch, one problem is that it can take decades of experience to be reliable at distinguishing reliable sources from polemicists and paranoids.
The problem with both is that they’re good at making you feel fear, and thus taking over your mind.
Seriously, when you think there’s danger somewhere, then your mind is FOCUSED and stuck, and all finer emotions and interests are swept under the rug. Even TV suspense drama can do that to you - day after day after day….