Does anyone like to watch the news?

[Alex Z 848]

The only news I watch is Philip DeFranco on YouTube

[ultrairongorilla 2,064]

I only check the news because I feel like I have to, but at this point it's become absolutely draining to keep up with it.

Edited March 11, 2018 by ultrairongorilla

[The Recherche 29,969]

Frankly, outside of the weather forecast, no. I'm honestly more interested in what's going on in my personal life and the lives of those I care about than anything that may happen on the news. I know that may sound harsh in some cases, but that's just how I feel about it; I care more about what happens in my day-to-day life and the lives of my family and friends (yes, you lovely folks are included ).

[Narcissus 355]

I'd rather die a slow and painful death than watch the news. It's all distorted, mis-reported and in many cases just made up by liberal media. There is no integrity in the news and I wouldn't want to watch it in any case because it's too depressing. If you want to hear anything upbeat, you have to sit through a half hour of misery before they finally get to the 'puff piece' at the end. 

[King of Canterlot 9,603]

I do like to watch the news, particularly Fox News because they're not always trying to bash Trump. I like Trump, and it got pretty tiring watching stations like CNN or MSNBC always trying to push their one-sided, anti-Trump agenda.

I also listen to the radio too, particularly MPR news, they aren't too biased one way or the other,  and I like that. I also like a lot of their weekend programs too.  

[StormBlaze 992]

i dont have access to live TV anymore, but im always on BBC news and local news just to read whats been going on. What else are you gonna do when BBC isnt blocked by work?

[DubWolf 17,320]

Sometimes, although I don't watch it on TV. I usually just type "Trump" and see what he's up to  . Then again any results I'd get wouldn't really be "new"  .

[Retro*Derpy 3,192]

Even working in a newspaper plant, I don't read or watch the news. Often just depressing, would rather stay out of the loop entirely. 

[Lucky Bolt 35,073]

I really only watch it for the weather and local stuff.

 

On 3/12/2018 at 10:44 PM, Sherbert Music-Guard said:

I do like to watch the news, particularly Fox News because they're not always trying to bash Trump. I like Trump, and it got pretty tiring watching stations like CNN or MSNBC always trying to push their one-sided, anti-Trump agenda.

Nice to know I'm not the only one. 

Edited March 21, 2018 by Who?

[Phosphor 11,531]

I don't. I pretty much quit watching the news a couple years ago. Noticed the drop in blood pressure afterwards. lol

I do get some news from online sources, tho.

 

[Angle Alastor 3,805]

nope , never have and never will unless if its life threatening or when there is actual news , but i do accept the weather news since i live close to  tornado ally xD ...tornados scare me to ware i pack up my xbox one in my backpack to the stormshelter....i aint loosing 500$ out the window. xD

[EpicEnergy 23,223]

I occasionally read news articles, but I don't do it often.

[Splashee 28,566]

During election time? No. During crisis? No. Basically, never.

[ExplosionMare 18,080]

I’ll watch it out of curiosity then regret it later. I used to watch it a little bit when one of my grandfathers was still alive because he loved to watch the news.

[Luna the Great of all the Russias 2,987]

This may change, but as of now it is generally not often. I have the attitude that the news not only has a bias problem, but they also determine what topics people are to think about in the first place. "How are they attempting to propagandizing me?" (An interesting position of which I am aware is to purposefully avoid supposed neutral or moderate news sources and only consume those who hold more radical political views and more or less proudly proclaim it.) Unless I purposefully keep track of what has been said, I am aware that I will have forgotten this or that news article in about three weeks' time so a given news source can completely change their narrative without me noticing. I think it is already safe for me to me to assume that whatever I read or watch, in most cases I will be disappointed at least but even worse is that my way of understanding of the world may be further removed from reality; so I may as well use the time to do something else.

[Twilight Sparkle97 402]

I mostly watch it only for the weather ( on the weather channel ) and every now and then I watch my local channels like ABC, Wavy and CBS. 

[AppleButt 8,676]

No not really.  Though sometimes I do listen to NPR on my drive home at night because I find talking on the radio to be oddly relaxing, but a lot of times even then I don’t want to hear news so I’ll listen to a Catholic channel because it’s talking and and they don’t delve into politics much at all. 
 

I do watch our local news a lot for the weather.  Our meteorologist is a gem.  

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,848]

NBC and CNN as there is always the worrying finger about the virus and to watch Weather Nation.  

[Tao 7,922]

I'll to the Today show in the morning when I have coffee, or Good Sunday Morning on CBS.

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

When I was in Elementary school, I'd always watch the local morning news before school for some reason. I don't really anymore.

[Rainbow Cloud 18,247]

I rarely watch any news as it's usually pretty bleak and depressing as well as being biased and inaccurate.

[Patty Thundersnow 4,178]

Um, I do. I literally have a minor in Broadcasting and Journalism, so I have a working knowledge of how the industry works. Plus, I always tune in for the weather.

[Clawdeen 15,229]

Honestly no I don’t. It depresses me. I can’t watch it.

[Patty Thundersnow 4,178]

22 hours ago, Operetta said:

Honestly no I don’t. It depresses me. I can’t watch it.

I understand. Unfortunatley, news programs have to cover the tough and sad stories. Been really hard to watch it this year with how bad the pandemic has been.

[zerox 1,141]

Strange. I don't get depressed by watching the news. I know that lots of bad things are happening around the world but that doesn't bother me somehow. I do fell sorry for the affected people but what am I supposed to do about it anyways? Well obviously I don't have a magic wand that would fix all of the world's problems. Also while I was young I used to watch real crime shows on TV like the FBI files, Forensic files,... etc and not does fake crime shows like CSI. Oh man what I saw on those real crime shows was insane. I would have never imagined what some people were capable of if I haven't seen it. Ted Bundy, some guy that dressed up as a clown and killed people... and other crazy people... Stuff like that showed me from an early age that some people are fucked up.

Edited January 9, 2021 by zerox