The news, is it worth paying attention?
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On the drive to work it was yet another morning of entire world is s
t 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?
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 remember the news once reporting that some company, BT I think it was, had announced massive quarterly profits. According to some market analyst this was bad and the world was going to end. The following week another company, British Steel I think, announced massive quarterly losses. According to some market analyst this was bad and the world was going to end.
Step forward to recent reports of possible inflation rises. We'd all get our houses repossessed and it was bad for the economy. Suddenly there are reports of possible deflation which means it's bad for the economy and business will stagnate.
So big profits bad, big losses bad. Inflation bad, deflation bad. FFS.
Step forward to recent reports of possible inflation rises. We'd all get our houses repossessed and it was bad for the economy. Suddenly there are reports of possible deflation which means it's bad for the economy and business will stagnate.
So big profits bad, big losses bad. Inflation bad, deflation bad. FFS.
Most of it is fear inducing drivel, which I presume is to keep everyone worrying about the next thing. I'd like a news source that was simply reportage without conjecture, opinion and unverified "facts". The BBC, which I used to consider the holy grail is getting worse and worse - are there any real news sources left?
RemaL said:
I feel the same way. The media mostly reports the bad news and can make you feel a bit st.
I try my best to not watch it and just read online what I'm interested in. Rather than hear all the negative news we get
Yeah same here. Negative stuff everywhere, just don't bother with it no more. t. I try my best to not watch it and just read online what I'm interested in. Rather than hear all the negative news we get
No,
We cannot lose sight of the fact that news, is just entertainment 99% of the time.
Unless there's been a tiger reported on the loose in your street, or you're prepared to take up arms and go and fight ISIS or at least get on the phone to your MP and/or change your voting stance about it then there is no practical use for it IMO - you might as well watch East Enders.
That's why News is 99% bad news, there are hundreds of good news stories about, but they usually end up on BuzzFeed or tagged onto the end of a broadcast that was otherwise 90 seconds too short, but the public find pain, suffering and death more entertaining than a 90+ year old Man in a 200m sprint race or someone climbing a mountain for charity (unless they were in Big Brother once or something).
We cannot lose sight of the fact that news, is just entertainment 99% of the time.
Unless there's been a tiger reported on the loose in your street, or you're prepared to take up arms and go and fight ISIS or at least get on the phone to your MP and/or change your voting stance about it then there is no practical use for it IMO - you might as well watch East Enders.
That's why News is 99% bad news, there are hundreds of good news stories about, but they usually end up on BuzzFeed or tagged onto the end of a broadcast that was otherwise 90 seconds too short, but the public find pain, suffering and death more entertaining than a 90+ year old Man in a 200m sprint race or someone climbing a mountain for charity (unless they were in Big Brother once or something).
Mainstream news does seem to have lost a sense of what's important - what's actually "news" - applies equally to TV & printed ..... however before getting too much of a downer on the British media - that's undeniably on a slippery slope to sensationalism and "fluff" (e.g celebs that frankly I couldn't give a sh*t about) - playing to the general dumbing of the population ....have a squint at some US news programmes........utter tosh.... so we're not too badly off!
Having said all that even R4 - taken by me as the last bastion of intelligent & objective news reporting - elevated the idiotic activities of Clarkson over for instance - the plane crash......
Having said all that even R4 - taken by me as the last bastion of intelligent & objective news reporting - elevated the idiotic activities of Clarkson over for instance - the plane crash......
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...
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...
Antony Moxey said:
I remember the news once reporting that some company, BT I think it was, had announced massive quarterly profits. According to some market analyst this was bad and the world was going to end. The following week another company, British Steel I think, announced massive quarterly losses. According to some market analyst this was bad and the world was going to end.
There seems to be an obsession with companies profits , reporting on high street brands for example , when why did this start !!!I've stopped paying attention.
When they have to go to the ends of the earth to fill up the news with bad things....you know something is fked up.
Only a few weeks ago, a murder that occurred in Australia was being reported fairly prominently in the UK media. It's terrible that it happened and devastating for the family - but do we in the UK (thousands of miles away) really need to know about it?
I believe the public in the UK have a very distorted perspective on how prevalent bad stuff is and the risk of falling victim to it - and this is due in no small part to the way the media continually bombards us with doom and gloom stories. Perhaps there is some truth in the old adage "no news is good news".
When they have to go to the ends of the earth to fill up the news with bad things....you know something is f
ked up.Only a few weeks ago, a murder that occurred in Australia was being reported fairly prominently in the UK media. It's terrible that it happened and devastating for the family - but do we in the UK (thousands of miles away) really need to know about it?
I believe the public in the UK have a very distorted perspective on how prevalent bad stuff is and the risk of falling victim to it - and this is due in no small part to the way the media continually bombards us with doom and gloom stories. Perhaps there is some truth in the old adage "no news is good news".
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...
A combination of here and Twitter means I know everything that is important in the world, without all the media spin.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...
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?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?In general I don't think it really is. You can't change anything you don't like, it tends to be biased one way or another, and you end up filling your head with pointless facts that are no use to you unless you love a pub quiz.
Personally, I think you're better off spending half hour a day learning something new that you can use to your benefit. Fill your head with useful things rather than a mindful of facts and figures that will only prepare you for tedious political conversations with other like minded bores.
Personally, I think you're better off spending half hour a day learning something new that you can use to your benefit. Fill your head with useful things rather than a mindful of facts and figures that will only prepare you for tedious political conversations with other like minded bores.
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