I wrote ブラジルの国立博物館の火事のことを聞いて、とても悲しいと思います

A Japanese person changed it to とても悲しいです

It seems that 悲しいと思います has a nuance not suitable here, but they didn't tell me
why. Can someone explain it to me? Thank you.

Edit: And can I assume that other expressions of feelings, like 嬉しい, 怒っている and
驚いた, shouldn't be followed by と思う, either, otherwise it will convey a
different nuance?
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What is the nuance of "悲しいと思います"?
In English, we tend to use the expression "I think" even in cases like this,
in which the sadness of the situation is not up for question, when we are
trying to soften the sentence and seek confirmation from others - whereas in
Japanese, the "equivalent" と思う seems to be used more so when expressing an
opinion or intention. If I were trying to achieve what I assume to be your
intended meaning ( _you thinking the situation is sad_ ), I would do the same
as the person who changed your sentence - and then add a ね to express
confirmation: 「とても悲しいですね。」

As for the other expressions in your edit, the same difference holds, but that
doesn't mean that you can never add と思う to an expression of feeling. A good
example of this is when stating how you perceive others' emotions. Let's say
you broke a house rule: （母が）怒っていると思います。 "I think (my mom is) angry." I would
just watch out for objective facts/observations and stick with a です・だ + ね.
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