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News & Issues > The News is Not Good!

The News is Not Good!

When I turned on the computer for a short while this morning, these are some of the headlines I saw on my homepage. I guess that's why I didn't stay on very long! This is fairly discouraging.... well, VERY discouraging!

Bush halts Iraq withdrawals, cuts tours of duty

American cancels 900 more flights

GM recalls 122,593 Pontiac Vibes

15 dead in Sadr City fighting

As grain growers profit, U.S. hog farmers suffer

54 Myanmar migrants die in Thailand

Olympic torch finally unifies -- but in anger

United Airlines raises fares up to $30 round-trip

American cancels another 900 flights

Heparin Is Now Suspected in 62 Fatalities Across U.S.

Weather for Fri 84Â°/54Â°F in my city -- too hot!

Perhaps we need

Dr. Pepper

for

our knight mares!

posted on Apr 10, 2008 10:53 PM ()

Comments:

I WISH I could stop watching the news...I think I'd be better off if I did. It's ALL bad ALL the time.

comment by yesterday on Apr 12, 2008 9:29 PM ()

I watch but get very disgusted. The news anchors seem to enjoy tragedy and bad news so much.

comment by elderjane on Apr 12, 2008 5:33 PM ()

Rarely, do we watch the national news - subconsciously, perhaps because of the type of gloom you mentioned. I do occasionally watch the Welsh news, as it is so local and therefore usually, of interest to us personally.
Don't dismay though, you never know when a news item may be the 'very one'
which brightens your life, for whatever reason

comment by augusta on Apr 12, 2008 3:27 PM ()

Know what you mean. I like to keep informed, but it is depressing.

comment by solitaire on Apr 12, 2008 12:03 PM ()

The news is definitely discouraging. I catch the news online, so that I can pick and choose what I 'hear.' Silly, maybe...but sometimes the news can be overwhelming.

comment by hopefields on Apr 12, 2008 3:08 AM ()

Since my sister died, I haven't read the news or watched the news or webbed the news. I don't care about that right this red hot minute. And I got trapped talking to some rabid "patriot" who wears his patriotism on his mouth. Just to make sure I don't want to go back to the news. I'm gonna live.

comment by thestephymore on Apr 12, 2008 12:58 AM ()

I know what you mean by the headlines

comment by teacherwoman on Apr 11, 2008 4:07 PM ()

I'm with redimpala... I don't watch news shows, don't read a newspaper, and the less I know about the day's events, the happier I am in my own little coccoon.

comment by looserobes on Apr 11, 2008 11:13 AM ()

Well, that is a cheery way to start off your web experience.
AJ

comment by lunarhunk on Apr 11, 2008 10:13 AM ()

When I lived in Dallas, I just would not watch the news...Throw in rape, murder, abduction or horrible mistreatment of children with all the above and you had the Dallas news. It was so depressing I completely quit watching it.

comment by redimpala on Apr 11, 2008 8:22 AM ()

There are a few things of concern there to some people. I think we need to consider that things seem "worse" these days because of the instant access we have to so much information. Think about history: There is usually a war going on someplace, but it wasn't until Viet Nam that it began to show up in one's living room every night. There have been plaques with no cure (compare HIV/AIDS), Earthquakes (Pompey comes to mind), Famines (the dust bowl), droughts and floods. It's not the bad news that's new, just our access to it that's different these days. Does that cheer you up any?

comment by jjoohhnn on Apr 11, 2008 7:00 AM ()

Newspapers never print upbeat news. Good news does not sell newspapers and they will slant news to the bad side for profit. The majority do not care about truth in reporting.

comment by gapeach on Apr 11, 2008 4:39 AM ()

Problems, catastrophes, anger--everyday we are assaulted by bad news. I am so ready for a turn around and some good happenings.

comment by angiedw on Apr 11, 2008 2:06 AM ()

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