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Why the weekend news feels heavier (it's not just you)
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Why the weekend news feels heavier (it's not just you)

I've been digging through 91 days of data from 37 news sources, and it turns out that feeling you get on Sunday - that the news is just heavier - is completely real. The weekday average sits at about 7.4 percent clearly-positive articles, while weekends drop to just 4.8 percent, with Sunday hitting under 5 percent. The reason? Newsrooms work office hours - all the good stuff like science stories and feature pieces come out Monday to Friday, while hard news and conflict keep happening 24/7. So the weekend gets thinner newsrooms, less of the uplifting content to balance the scales, and the mix curdles. It's not you dragging yourself down on Sunday - it's the calendar.
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