Good read. Minimizing my news diet (& installing Cold Turkey) has improved my life substantially.
"Some people think we’re, like, doing public service... We’re not. This is entertainment for people who want to feel smart.” - editor of major news org as quoted by Adam Mastroianni. His article "Reading the News is the New Smoking" is really good and addresses some counter arguments people often bring up.
I don’t follow any news commentary bloggers or social media people as well.
I pop on to a news website every now and then.
Like you, I’m protecting myself from sensational news, but I know I’m missing a lot of world and local events, so it can be tricky sometimes.
Also, this reminded me of memories of my dad’s parents commandeering the tv at 6pm to watch the news whenever they came to visit. Now my mum does it. 😄
ah, that reminds me of my grandfather commandeering our TV too for nightly news!
I do find that I'm a lot more observant when listening to my friends talk about local events. for the upcoming US election in particular, I realized that rather than listen to everyone else's commentary on the latest debate, I'll just watch it for myself – the debate feels like a direct source of information rather than some secondary sensationalized take (although it sounded more like bad entertainment than anything else this time around 😆)
Good read. Minimizing my news diet (& installing Cold Turkey) has improved my life substantially.
"Some people think we’re, like, doing public service... We’re not. This is entertainment for people who want to feel smart.” - editor of major news org as quoted by Adam Mastroianni. His article "Reading the News is the New Smoking" is really good and addresses some counter arguments people often bring up.
love to hear it. a friend just recommended Newsfeed Eradictor which I'm giving a shot now for socials
love Adam's writing! thanks for sharing – reallllly resonate it
I don’t follow any news commentary bloggers or social media people as well.
I pop on to a news website every now and then.
Like you, I’m protecting myself from sensational news, but I know I’m missing a lot of world and local events, so it can be tricky sometimes.
Also, this reminded me of memories of my dad’s parents commandeering the tv at 6pm to watch the news whenever they came to visit. Now my mum does it. 😄
ah, that reminds me of my grandfather commandeering our TV too for nightly news!
I do find that I'm a lot more observant when listening to my friends talk about local events. for the upcoming US election in particular, I realized that rather than listen to everyone else's commentary on the latest debate, I'll just watch it for myself – the debate feels like a direct source of information rather than some secondary sensationalized take (although it sounded more like bad entertainment than anything else this time around 😆)
I love that! Going to the source rather than sensationalised sources. 👌