Do you watch the news?

I probably get too much news. I watch local news, out of L.A. I try and steer clear of the world news and don't watch CNN at all. I do glance through the newspaper daily. I stop at only stories that catch my eye and read them. Some stories on Iraq. Look at the baseball standings. See if the Reds won and a read most of the business section.
I have vowed many times not to watch the news or not even care what is going on in the world. Become disconnected and only care about things that around me. Cause I have no control on what happens in the world. The news can be very depressing. Every story is about murder, gas prices, immigration and war. Why do I even care?

Lol not really

I watch all the time, man. My favorite channels are #1 fox news channel, #2 history channel, and #3 the Discovery channels, lol!

I got to get my fix daily of all three. ;)

i am a news junkie
i dont believe much of what i hear
but some events speak for themselves
the truth is stranger than fiction

The news on TV is HORRIBLE. I only get news off the web.

I stopped reading the news since 11th grade after finding out they gave me mad nightmares.
The world is fucking crazy.

tooo depressing. sometimes it just ruins your day.
gas is at $3 a gallon. great now i cant have lunch today cuz i have to get home from from work.

I'll only watch the news with something major is going on, to get the networks' reaction. I read (what a CONCEPT, America) the news, anything and everything that looks interesting.

I watch CNN, BBC and Sky news quite often. I get the CNN Breaking News e-mailed to me aswell (since 9/11). I cant believe I missed that when it was on TV. I come home, and all I see is my mum watching TV and a load of smoke on the telly. 30 mins later and I wouldve seen the twin towers collapse.

I did tape the Asia Tsunami disaster each day aswell - 15 mins each day at 8pm, so that when Im older I could show my kids the tape when they were being asked questions about it in school. Then they can see how the disaster progressed over the weeks. Plus, its handy to watch when you need reminding of just how vulnerable we all are - from terrorists, nature and the government.
Mum taped over it with bloody Casualty though.

I'm with lemonboy.
I flip through the newpaper and see if anything sparks my interest
and glance at the major headlines and what not.
I think it's more interesting than depressing, maybe that's just me.

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Originally Posted by geonagual

I have vowed many times not to watch the news or not even care what is going on in the world.

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Me too, but I catch it here and there, and I'm guaranteed to have a pissed off day if I do. I've actually been reading the Politics forum for a couple days - ugh, infuriating. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Try To stay away from mainstrean media....I Do Go to Infowars.Com,Prisonplanet.com (Alex Jones
Art Bell
As Far As Faux News is concerned....

I try to stay away from local syndicated news. Mostly on the web or international news channels.

I definitely stay away from Fox.

i live in tasmania, everyone knows where that is now since the fuckin

Beakensfield Mine "distaster"

only happened 4 hour drive from where i live
im sick of fucking hearing about it. local news is worse!
its like they are fucking heros now, they got agents, shitload of money and prob movie carears now!

The news is the most depressing thing ever.

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Originally Posted by ilovebecky

The news is the most depressing thing ever.

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I agree with you and it doesnt surprise me that so many people are depressed.I will watch certain news stories if they interest me but I cant watch it all.

Doesnt anything good happen anymore or are people not really interested in hearing about it?

I watch the news everyday, bbc and itv. And i read The Sun and Financial Mail

sometimes

I'm addicted to the news. I read at least 3 different papers every day. Right now we don't have cable so I just watch the local and national news and then get the rest from the Internet or shortwave radio. When I lived in NJ (and had cable), I'd have one TV with Fox News, another with CNN, and another with EuroNews going. Can never be underinformed.

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Originally Posted by lateralus

Me too, but I catch it here and there, and I'm guaranteed to have a pissed off day if I do. I've actually been reading the Politics forum for a couple days - ugh, infuriating. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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Yeah no shit.

Sometimes when something big happens to where I dont have to watch the news to hear about it I may watch the news for a few days then I'll just stop from lack of interest :p.