I think I came to this solution - conclusion? - around the same time you did, after a similar series of reactions to words from people being covered in the news. Doing good, being in MY world, the real, tangible one, rather than in and of the atmosphere being created on tv and social media, immeasurably improved my mood and even my grasp on what matters.

Rage is such tasty bait, draws so many grabbing and snatching hands, but like you said, so much of it is bullshit. (And cancerous empty calories.)