fuzzybuddy
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As I grow older, I noticed that I'm shying away from news stories of despicable acts or violence. Yeah, I know they occur, but I just can't listen to them.
Are you shying away from news stories of despicable acts or extreme violence?
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Lon
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- Central California
No-----News is news and I watch and read it all.
RadishRose
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I don't look at it as much as I did. Too depressing after awhile.
No as Lon says, "News is News".
What I don't agree with is the press and TV companies
reporting in detail how something bad was done, how
a robbery took place or how somebody was killed, there
are many criminals who can't think for themselves, then
the TV News tells them the best way to rob a Jewelers
or a safe deposit place,
Then the criminal does the job because he got a manual
from the "Media", I agree with "Free Press", but there should
be an added clause about "Common Sense" in what they report.
Look at the case in London just now, Cliff Richard is suing the
BBC because they put a police raid into his home on daytime
TV, when he was never questioned or informed that he was
under suspicion. He was never charged and the case dropped,
so they got it all wrong.
Mike.
What I don't agree with is the press and TV companies
reporting in detail how something bad was done, how
a robbery took place or how somebody was killed, there
are many criminals who can't think for themselves, then
the TV News tells them the best way to rob a Jewelers
or a safe deposit place,
Then the criminal does the job because he got a manual
from the "Media", I agree with "Free Press", but there should
be an added clause about "Common Sense" in what they report.
Look at the case in London just now, Cliff Richard is suing the
BBC because they put a police raid into his home on daytime
TV, when he was never questioned or informed that he was
under suspicion. He was never charged and the case dropped,
so they got it all wrong.
Mike.
ProsperosDaughter
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- CT
I do not have a TV and have only minimal internet access. When I do get online I never check the news. If something awful happens to someone I know I will get a phone call. If something awful happens to someone I do not know I do not want to know. No matter how sad I feel about an awful event my feelings will not fix the situation; so why bother stressing my self.
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
Good point Manatee. Maybe that's why it becomes overwhelming sometimes.
Falcon
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- So. California
If it keeps up like that, I'm simply gonna set the damned thing out on the curb and buy a few more books.
Leonie
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- Queensland, Australia
Yes, it all gets a little depressing after a while, or even worse, it gets monotonous. When terrible things happen it should always move us, but when you've seen replay after replay it loses its shock value, deadening our feelings and testing our empathy.
I'm finding politics is having the same effect now. Once the cut and thrust of politics interested me, now it bores (or depresses) me.
I suppose it comes down to that 24hr news cycle - overkill.
I'm finding politics is having the same effect now. Once the cut and thrust of politics interested me, now it bores (or depresses) me.
I suppose it comes down to that 24hr news cycle - overkill.
S
Stormy
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If it's actual news I want to hear it. If horrible things are happening around me or around the world I won't stick my head in the sand. I like to be informed of good and bad
fuzzybuddy
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Yeah,news is news. But I find I'm more and more upset by news items of senseless in humanity, by reports of Nazi-like exterminations, torture, mass gassings, etc.