I agree with this post. On multiple levels. Often times the news hosts stories about trite irrelevant things and people gobble the stories up.
But lately, especially in the united states, the news has turned more sinister. The news here is not news its propaganda. Flat out. The country has two basic factions these days liberal and conservative. Both are polarized to the farthest extent. Both have representative news channels that spout cherry picked data or worse present complete opinion as fact to manipulate their base. Its insulting to anybody with half a brain. I end up having to read about six or so news sources for just one story including many that are international and have no dog in the fight just to get a clear unbiased picture via reading in between the lines.
Personally i think most news is toxic these days. Especially american news. Its a symptom of the pathology that runs through society. Pathology i dont want to partake in. So my rule is i leave a room the second the news is on. People become obsessed with irrelevant news and spout it off interjecting it into every conversation regardless if it had anything to do with the conversation. Its like the news controls their attention so much that they can't wait to jump into conversation about it. Even if nobody else in the party is interested.
My mom asked the other day why nobody invites her back to any social gatherings. Well its because you vitriolically spout news and opinions based on them to an unwillingly reception. They came to have a social gathering. Live life a little not listen to you repeat your version of the news. Is sad really.
One of the interesting things that many don't realize around the world is, news is syndicated by companies like Reuters and Allied Press - This means that all news is tainted and translated into global languages. Often, a lot of news stories do not even cite a reporter.
I do the same when elsewhere - it is never on at home.
I wonder if for a lot of people these days it is also from a lack of other things to talk about - people are consumers far more than creators now.
And many think if not interested in the news, if not watching the news - you are uneducated....
I've found the most educated are the ones that take the news with a grain of salt or at least aggregate their news from multiple sources. And even then they don't prattle on about the news once they've digested what is in it. They're usually the smarter cookies.
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