I am a news junkie. CNN, Economist, BBC, CNBC, Fox, Google news, AOL news, Yahoo news, Al Jazeera, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, all get read/watched or listened to. I don't find it depressing, but news sparks my interest of the events of the world around me. Thoughtful deep reporting is more interesting than shallow skims to me. Infotainment "news " of what starlet had today's wardrobe malfunction saddens me. Political posturing is a close second.
I live in a purple state, and am a deeply purple moderate in beliefs, and optimistic and pragmatic in my outlook.