Journalists Have Emotional And Alcohol Issues, New Study Reveals

Last updated on: May 23, 2017 at 1:26 pm by Mark Meckler

Journalists Have Emotional And Alcohol Issues, New Study Reveals 2017-05-23T13:26:28-06:00 Mark Meckler

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The Daily Caller has a fascinating piece about how journalists tend to have more emotional and alcohol-related issues than the average Joe. The reports says that they can’t as easily “regulate emotions, suppress biases, solve complex problems, switch between tasks, and think flexibly and creatively.” Additionally, they worry a great deal about the future, drink too much, forget to drink water, regret past decisions, and can’t regulate emotions.

Hum… maybe they’re just feeling guilty over never telling the truth about anything? The Daily Caller reports:

“[J]ournalists are undoubtedly subject to a range of pressures at work and home, but the meaning and purpose they attribute to their work contributes to helping them remain mentally resilient despite this,” Swart said in her report.

The study had an extremely small sample size, even for a profession which had 54,000 jobs in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Only 21 journalists completed the entire survey, and 10 more completed some elements of the survey. Swart started with 90 journalists wanting to participate in the study, but many of those “self-excluded due to anti-depressant use.”

I don’t think we need this study to tell us this — we have the entire press to evaluate every day… And that’s plenty enough reporters to know they can’t fight their biases or tell the truth.

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