I feel like since I had children, the news really gets to me. It does not help that we live about 45 minutes outside of Detroit so murders/crimes against children and rapes are a dime a dozen. There is so much bad news I would rather be drowning in a land of Nick Jr then be well informed. On the other hand, being uninformed makes me feel like such a clueless twit when my co workers do discuss world events. Perhaps I should assign myself homework of sitting through at least one broadcast a day?
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I have found myself watching less and less. It's hard, I've always been one to want to know what is going on in my world around me, but find myself more and more neurotic after watching the news. I try and get most of my news solely from the internet, I can pick and choose what to be informed about that way.
I hate our local news stories are dumb, they are blatantly onesided when it comes to politics, and I get tired of all the crime sensationalizing. I mostly listen to NPR when I'm driving to and from work, and feel like that keeps me adequately informed.
Not in front of DS. They show such graphic images and share such tragic stories.
I still remember my mom watching the news from the San Fransisco Earthquake of 89 when that freeway pancaked. I was terrified of parking garages from that moment on. I just wasn't old enough to process what a rare "perfect storm" that was. I don't want DS to see things he can't unsee. Eventually he'll discover that terrible things happen in this world, I want that day to be as far away as possible.
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I'm still a news junkie. I wish I could tune out like you I just can't! I live about 15 minutes outside of Detroit...and yeah, a lot of violence happening very close by. I've always felt some strange urge to be informed.
I do not watch the local news much. It's damn depressing & like PP said, not really news. I like BBC news for actual news. I despise over sensationalized cr@p that turns out to be much ado about nothing.
Re: Does anyone else not watch the news?
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Not in front of DS. They show such graphic images and share such tragic stories.
I still remember my mom watching the news from the San Fransisco Earthquake of 89 when that freeway pancaked. I was terrified of parking garages from that moment on. I just wasn't old enough to process what a rare "perfect storm" that was. I don't want DS to see things he can't unsee. Eventually he'll discover that terrible things happen in this world, I want that day to be as far away as possible.
I don't watch it either. It gets to me too. All of the stories are so negative and I don't need that jumbled up in my head. I worry enough on my own!
This. There's not much on the news that I haven't already seen on the internet.