Mick Clifford: A simple plea after a week of watching election coverage on TV: Make America sane again

While broadcasters will claim they are just telling the story, the reality is they are front and centre in the depressing vista that is America right now, piling on the stress and widening divisions that are haunting American society

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Wednesday. Picture: AP/Allison Joyce

Ari Melber is worried about your mental health. Melber presents a programme, The Beat, on the US television channel MSNBC and he is concerned people’s mental health may be shot to bits as a result of the US presidential election.

“We’re going to talk to an expert about how you deal with stress and intensity at this time,” Melber tells the viewers.