Oh no I'm addicted!!!

Thats good that you accaully take an intrest in whats going on in the world.

Unlike most of my dumbass friends who couldnt tell you the leader of our country right now

The election is over and I have managed to dial back my news obsession a bit now. Anyone else eperience that?

lol not at all...now I think I'm hooked for life. Not a bad thing though because it will make my career that much easier now that I actually like reading copious amounts of articles that I have no control over.

I consider myself an information junkie.
I read everything that I can , I read labels and bottles too , I even read the packaging that the bottles come in.
If someone asks a question and I don't know the answer then I can't really settle until I do.

It's a bloody nightmare ...:D

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Originally Posted by Fugitive

ANYWAY what I'm trying to say here is to find something else ! There is a lot of stuff to take your mind of the damn news besides think about it, the news is basically mind control in the wrong hands. If something big happens you will know. Generally I just scan because it's really quite depressing, the world is not going in the right direction, I know that and I don't need the news constantly reminding me.

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after reading this i remembered a song by a great musician, Frank Zappa, maybe you've heard of him. Anyways the song is pretty much about how everything on the news, even in the 60's, was negative or pointless. And the fact that its even true now, and that it has gotten worse, and that it can even be applied to not only television, but printed and other forms of mass media. The only reason that television news exists is because of negative news really, sure they put in the odd good story but thats to cheer people up and give them some hope, it does exist! But lets be honest, even if its not television news, people want to hear the latest shock that has hit the streets, the only relevant news to most people is the news they encounter on a day to day basis, not the shootings that occur everyday, the robberies at local stores, the news should be more of a warning system, alerting people to info about their communities, informing them of threats that occur. too much of it has become something to get people to watch your channel that it has become a business, not a service.