The news, is it worth paying attention?
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I tend to have a quick skim through the BBC news site at lunch times but other than that I get most of my current affairs from The News Quiz, Mock The Week, and a Have I Got News For You.
There are some elements of current affairs that are useful to have an idea about for work so I tend to keep an eye on them, but often the most useful informations comes from blogs and specialist sites rather than mainstream news outlets
There are some elements of current affairs that are useful to have an idea about for work so I tend to keep an eye on them, but often the most useful informations comes from blogs and specialist sites rather than mainstream news outlets
ewenm said:
northwest monkey said:
Lost soul said:
There seems to be an obsession with companies profits , reporting on high street brands for example , when why did this start !!!
That's a very good question actually. Why are the quarterly profits for Morrisons or Tesco discussed on the news, whereas the likes of say Wolseley (FTSE 100 - "WOS") never get mentioned?Rude-boy said:
ewenm said:
northwest monkey said:
Lost soul said:
There seems to be an obsession with companies profits , reporting on high street brands for example , when why did this start !!!
That's a very good question actually. Why are the quarterly profits for Morrisons or Tesco discussed on the news, whereas the likes of say Wolseley (FTSE 100 - "WOS") never get mentioned?I started a job just over four years ago that requires me to spend 48hrs a week with various rolling news channels playing in the background, whilst I read online news and media sources from all over the world for content on current affairs. Its reached the point now where every working hour I'm reading about bombings, suicide attacks, protests, public dissent, natural disasters, bus crashes, extreme weather, political strife and more, and its really rather depressing!
I assume the world has long been like this, but since being in my position it does seem that the past three years have seen the world turn very angry. There's not many countries in the world that aren't having large demonstrations at least once a week over something, normally austerity. Hell, even a handful of third-world nations are suffering austerity. I watched the Arab Spring flare from an uprising of the "common man" to the inferno of Islamist terror groups, and things are only getting worse.
Its nice to spend a couple of days off shift where I can go into a bubble of ignorance. I don't really watch the news when at home and ignorance really is bliss in comparison.
I assume the world has long been like this, but since being in my position it does seem that the past three years have seen the world turn very angry. There's not many countries in the world that aren't having large demonstrations at least once a week over something, normally austerity. Hell, even a handful of third-world nations are suffering austerity. I watched the Arab Spring flare from an uprising of the "common man" to the inferno of Islamist terror groups, and things are only getting worse.
Its nice to spend a couple of days off shift where I can go into a bubble of ignorance. I don't really watch the news when at home and ignorance really is bliss in comparison.
Brigand said:
I started a job just over four years ago that requires me to spend 48hrs a week with various rolling news channels playing in the background, whilst I read online news and media sources from all over the world for content on current affairs. Its reached the point now where every working hour I'm reading about bombings, suicide attacks, protests, public dissent, natural disasters, bus crashes, extreme weather, political strife and more, and its really rather depressing!
I assume the world has long been like this, but since being in my position it does seem that the past three years have seen the world turn very angry. There's not many countries in the world that aren't having large demonstrations at least once a week over something, normally austerity. Hell, even a handful of third-world nations are suffering austerity. I watched the Arab Spring flare from an uprising of the "common man" to the inferno of Islamist terror groups, and things are only getting worse.
Its nice to spend a couple of days off shift where I can go into a bubble of ignorance. I don't really watch the news when at home and ignorance really is bliss in comparison.
Would there be all this unrest and rebellion were it not reported?I assume the world has long been like this, but since being in my position it does seem that the past three years have seen the world turn very angry. There's not many countries in the world that aren't having large demonstrations at least once a week over something, normally austerity. Hell, even a handful of third-world nations are suffering austerity. I watched the Arab Spring flare from an uprising of the "common man" to the inferno of Islamist terror groups, and things are only getting worse.
Its nice to spend a couple of days off shift where I can go into a bubble of ignorance. I don't really watch the news when at home and ignorance really is bliss in comparison.
It's possible that were all reporting to stop they would be starved of publicity and so become pointless and the world a more peaceful place.
LordGrover said:
Would there be all this unrest and rebellion were it not reported?
It's possible that were all reporting to stop they would be starved of publicity and so become pointless and the world a more peaceful place.
Same applies to pointless celebrities. Stop talking about them on the news & they'll soon fIt's possible that were all reporting to stop they would be starved of publicity and so become pointless and the world a more peaceful place.
k off and get a job.Are we more upset over the 'real news' or just the current obsession with 'comment on news' which tends (imho) to stretch out any story to an endless game of 'he said - she said'?
When even pissant local telly station has to 'go over live now' every night to some godforesaken dump (usually Gravesend or Thanet) where something happened 12 hours earlier, but there's always a comment to be made...
However, if we didn't have all this guff what would all those PR/media peeps do all day?
When even pissant local telly station has to 'go over live now' every night to some godforesaken dump (usually Gravesend or Thanet) where something happened 12 hours earlier, but there's always a comment to be made...
However, if we didn't have all this guff what would all those PR/media peeps do all day?
LordGrover said:
Would there be all this unrest and rebellion were it not reported?
It's possible that were all reporting to stop they would be starved of publicity and so become pointless and the world a more peaceful place.
Unlikely, with regards to the bombings and killings, that stuff is happening to to religious/tribal/political/ideological reasons, it being reported on isn't going to stop Boko Haram or Islamic State from continuing their rampage.It's possible that were all reporting to stop they would be starved of publicity and so become pointless and the world a more peaceful place.
The demonstrations etc may thrive from media coverage, as may an independent terrorist looking to further his cause, but the majority of the miserable stuff going on in the world is happening regardless.
The Don of Croy said:
That's all very well to cut yourself off from the nightly news, but tell me, without it how would you know;
That Milliband has a kitchen?
That Clarkson has not had a contract renewed?
That after a tragic place crash reporters stand around amongst many helicopters?
That Premiership footballers sometimes score goals?
You'd be marginalised, bereft...
Without sounding harshThat Milliband has a kitchen?
That Clarkson has not had a contract renewed?
That after a tragic place crash reporters stand around amongst many helicopters?
That Premiership footballers sometimes score goals?
You'd be marginalised, bereft...
None of those effect me
And not knowing about them would have zero effect on my life
News is big business, dependent on viewer numbers to measure its success. And human nature means that bad news sells much better than good.
What I really don't get is the sports news. Surely anyone who is interested in Man U's game (Say) has either watched it or is going to watch it later, so a summary is boring to most, repetitive to some others and a spoiler for the rest.
What I really don't get is the sports news. Surely anyone who is interested in Man U's game (Say) has either watched it or is going to watch it later, so a summary is boring to most, repetitive to some others and a spoiler for the rest.
Megaflow said:
Nope. I stopped watching the news this year for precisily that reason.
In the grand scheme of things, unless it directly impacts you, very little actually matters, the world will carry on turning.
You probably feel better but how will you know it directly impacts you if you don't listen to it every hour on the hour? In the grand scheme of things, unless it directly impacts you, very little actually matters, the world will carry on turning.
McWigglebum4th said:
MOD DON'T MOVE THIS TO NEWS READ THE POST
On the drive to work it was yet another morning of entire world is st and we are all going to die
The news is always the world is st and we are all going to die
Is it really worth paying attention?
Would my life be better if i just ignored the mainstream media completely?
I've avoided media events for some time now. Missed the Royal Wedding completely and haven't even seen what their child looks like nor do I want to. Didn't watch the Jubilee either. Nothing missed in my opinion.On the drive to work it was yet another morning of entire world is s
t and we are all going to dieThe news is always the world is s
t and we are all going to dieIs it really worth paying attention?
Would my life be better if i just ignored the mainstream media completely?
I made the decision to avoid the news as much as possible this year. Anything that is of importance I hear about at work anyway.
I completely missed the shootings in Paris. No effect on me whatever.
Flicked through the channels and saw the media camping outside the house of some poor relative of the France plane crash.
I don't miss s
t like that at all.Actually, there is one thing that drives me mad in the news and on LBC in general - they go on and on about politics like it's the only important thing in the world. I am so fking sick of hearing about it that I've started listening to music stations again.
There's something about Prince Charles' private letters to someone or another. I DON'T GIVE A fk.
king sick of hearing about it that I've started listening to music stations again.There's something about Prince Charles' private letters to someone or another. I DON'T GIVE A f
k.heyhomes said:
I'm trying to avoid news and 'media' as much as possible these days as the only real effect that 99.99999% of it has on my life is to annoy me or put me in a bad mood.
This also on top of this I avoid things that will make me get angry like watching programmes like benefit britian, most of the threads in news section on here and various crap on fb etc. Removing the negative st in your life and you become more happier.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff