If you have lived in the woods your whole life and someone gives you ice cream – Wow! you say.
But if you eat ice cream every night, it’s not so surprising.
What if you came out of the woods and someone gives you a beer? Whoa!
A cigarette? Seriously? People like this?
I don’t watch the news. Recently I was exposed to a little. Whoa! I am convinced that modern news is poison to people. It’s designed to divide us and is grossly irresponsible to the mental health of the people. It’s designed to create fear and keep you coming back. It’s doesn’t just report events, and it doesn’t just give opinions on them, it actually CAUSES events by dividing people.
This is my opinion. I have decided that if I am to live a healthy high-performance life, I must stay away from what is bad for me. News is at the top of the list.
How about you?
I agree Larry.
#cancel cable
AMEN!!
Totally agree! It’s mostly garbage now. So are newspapers! Left wing biased crap written by disgruntled 3rd graders edited and published by old marxists that could never get a real job. Sad!
Completely agree
I couldn’t agree more! The news is just toxic these days.
Absolutely correct.
I agree 100%. The news fills the mind with negativity and fear. What we need to fill our minds with is positivity and faith! Negativity feeds fear, Positivity feeds faith. Faith and fear are on the same spectrum moving in opposite directions.
Agreed 100%!
I agree and I needed to hear this. I’ve allowed myself to get sucked in and it’s no place to be.
I couldn’t agree more I’ve believed this for over 20 years now! My family has had first-hand experience unhealthy till the non-truths.
Again, I completely agree. I wish the media was ONLY allowed to report facts. Opinions are nice, but there is no place for that in the news, especially when people are taking these opinions and views as facts. My heart goes out to the people who have mental health issues. They need stability in most cases and if you watch the tv or social media, there is nothing stable in our country right now except for the turmoil. Prayers for those who are hurting and need peace.
I have enjoyed a news blackout for nearly 4 years. I get a sighting or a snippet from time to time and must agree that the news is toxic and harmful.
I agree!
several days ago a producer at MSNBC quit. In a scathing public letter, she decried the outlet’s determination for what was put on the air: ratings. only. nothing else matters. Not truth. not news. ratings. Senior management’s creed: People don’t come here for news. They come here for entertainment. Scary.
Larry, I couldn`t agree more on this subject. Yes the news is poison. Most of it has NO journalism anymore, just agenda drivin like you had commented. Its terrible.
Yes, turn off the radio and choose what you listen to, choose what you hear.
I actually went to school for journalism – I wanted to be Walter Cronkite. Then in classes and other such involvement, I saw it was more opinions and politics than truth/facts. I changed majors because I wanted truth and facts to rely on, to be able to do my own research and not be censored in one form or another due to what I’d found. Best choice I’ve made! I can’t even watch the news now.
I agree 100%..
Yes your thoughts are in alignment with mine I do tune in occasionally to understand how our potential customers may be reacting to it
I feel the same way, I refuse to watch it.
Couldn’t agree more. To me it’s like a bad sitcom.
Thank you! I like reading your thoughts and opinions daily. Keep up the the good fight
I’m not sure why most people are so drawn into the news. I find myself catching some it every now and then, because my wife seems to be one of those drawn to it. I have flaws and admit that, but certainly don’t want to be exposed to some else garbage and outside of the weather forecast, the news is nonstop negative crap that I don’t need. We were just talking about the media last night and how it has adversely affected our country. Just maybe they should try broadcasting just happy news for a few months and see what happens!
I could not agree more with this perspective. I am watching the news in the AM only for the weather report.
Thanks Larry- Couldn’t agree with you more. I’ve been saying foR some time that the news is mind poison and to stay away for your own mental health.
Amen! I couldn’t agree more!
There’s an excellent book on the subject. “The Science of Fear” by Daniel Gardner. The media is trash playing your emotions, not truth.
I couldn’t agree more. This nation is lead around by the nose by the people that control the information. It’s disgusting how easy it is to manipulate people and that it is so big in our culture.
I’m with you Larry. News is poison and when I do have it in my face (like when we go to a restaurant), it’s ridiculous how biased reporters and stations are. I also choose to remove it from my day; but have been told by doing that I’m an ostrich with my head in the sand. Most of what I see or hear, I can’t fix or do anything about…so I’m happy to be an ostrich.
“Trust Me, I’m Lying” by Ryan Holiday is a great book that outlines the current state of online journalism and its influence on people.
A man comes out of the woods…….
Love what you posted, I agree
I was working in my yard the other day when a lady was going by walking her dog, i said hello and she stopped to chat. Within thirty seconds she said I hope i don`t offend you but the country is in big trouble and so and so has to go because what i read in the paper and see on TV. I said okay well I am kind of busy, then she said she hopes the southern part of the united states falls into the ocean because the are a bunch of inbred racist. When I informed her that I was born in fort Lee Virginia she oh that`s okay because Virginia is not part of the south. I told her i have work to do and walked away. I felt bad that this person has so much hatred in her heart and it is all programmed in from the media.
Same…..sometimes I tell someone that and they scorn me because “im not aware what’s going on around me, Its my duty to keep up on current events”….then I look at them and they look like crap, just haggard and stressed…No thanks, im going to keep skipping the news. I love your comments and insights on here, Please keep up the good work.
Yes, waste of time. Read a book or write your own instead.
True, so how do we fix it? The news is now a tool to corrupt the minds of the future generations to further the leftist agenda. Ignoring its there wont right the wrong.
Completely agree. Amazing things happen when you focus on things that are good for your well being.
I agree and try to avoid the national evening news programs, that usually start at 6:30 pm on major television networks. I feel awful about humanity and my country if I watch that program. Funny how they depress you with the news for 29 minutes, and in the final minute they say “finally we have a good story to share….” and they end the program on a good note. How about starting the program on a good note? I will pass thanks.
I quit watching the news a long time ago. It’s driven by money which means the more “clicks” they can generate the more money they make. Again the emphasis is on money and that’s the agenda that drives it, so the truth is first casualty of this system.
You might enjoy a 1951 Kirk Douglas movie “Ace in the Hole” about a cynical reporter exploiting another man’s misery for profit. There is a good quote where Kirk gives a young reporter his view of what makes for news. It goes something like this: Good news is always bad news and “Bad” news is good news. Meaning bad news makes money and good news doesn’t.
i don’t remember the last time i watched the news, it’s all SHIT FOR THE BRAIN
I totally agree. I talk to my neighbors who come out of their house talking about all the violence and racial issues on tv. I then ask, “do you experience this in your life?” They say no. So I then say, “why do you watch tv?”
I couldn’t agree more. It’s impossible to leave with a positive experience when everything that is made “news” is portrayed through a negative perspective against someone else. It’s unhealthy for a persons mental state.
Copy that Mang! …. Get Ready, prepare, and be aware of this new reality that evolves at this very moment ……… it may very well be time to seriously get set. NO?
I agree the news is skewed, I avoid when I can, not seeking it out, scanning a
headline or tuning in to 1010 WINS is OK. I lived in North Georgetown for almost 10 years on Wisconsin Avenue, The CATO think tank was around the corner from me on Massachusetts Avenue, funny, I flew to Laguna Beach from Reagan National and Dana Point for a little R & R ahead of a business trip once, and CATO Institute had a little junket themselves, they were booked into my hotel on the Pacific Ocean.
Larry, I just marked 1 year in the employ of your company August 5, happy to be a contributing member of the team.