Is always depressing, about idiots doing things to others.
Surely all it does is promote them?
Can be used for propaganda.
You can't change anything, so are we supposed to watch and gloat or something? Think how lucky we are etc?
2006-08-28 10:48:33 · 15 answers · asked by The Mole 4 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
To strike fear into every living being in the world and then if it's local news try and offset that by telling you the story of a duck that got trapped in fishing net and lost both it's legs but after being adopted by an old lady in a home is enjoying life in her bath or some other crap like that. Maybe instead of news they should have gossip or even better Chinese whispers!!!
2006-08-28 11:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by Slasher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would happen if you didn't watch, listen, or read any news. Would anything significant change in your world?
Suppose you live somewhere where there are no radios, internet, TV, newspapers.
In such a world, does anything exist beyond your existence?
What is reported, and more significantly what is not reported, taints and controls your view of the world.
The internet removes some of that control, by allowing interaction rather than passive absorption.
2006-08-28 11:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by James 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me many days there is no news. So whatever depressing thing they can find is blown up to be big news.
In the 30's they once replaced the news with a music programme because nothing was happening, shame they don't do that today it might cheer us up!
Don't be depressed, we are just overloaded with news, switch it off sometimes and have a break.
Cheers
2006-08-28 10:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by etnam90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not read a newspaper, watch TV, or listen to the radio. If anything important happens, which is rare, I get to know, without the lies and distortions of the Press. What they say today, they retract tomorrow, but the damage is done.
2006-08-28 20:50:52 · answer #4 · answered by Canute 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word NEWS comes from the letter directions n north e east w west s south it is a way of knowing how life is in other parts of the country
2006-08-28 11:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by madamspud169 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actullay, the news just tells us whats going on in the world...
They nevver tell us the truth, also...They ahve said nothing about the Exlectron bomb that will take out elratroics that will make us starve to death....
But, On American news, all we care about is Tom Cruise and the Ramsy case, while there's a cilvil war accross the wrold...Sad-Sad...
2006-08-28 10:56:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it comes to the news, I only skim the headlines and figure the rest out for myself. It is much more interesting and educational to just listen to everyone else that enthralls themselves in all the propaganda. I learn so much more because it shows what kind of world we really live in.
2006-08-28 11:50:28 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its either war.health or city violence,so it must be that the government is saying that they can justify the amount of tax they charge us,through the bbc ect,shame they dnt deal with the problems and walk around suited and booted without a care in the world,wankers!!! either propaganda or weve done this load of rubbish and you lot pay for it,where are my barrels of gun powder at????
2006-08-28 10:57:25 · answer #8 · answered by romancer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U.S.Journalists should be ashamed for the lies and untruths they are allowed to spread everyday in the so called (news) it is a joke and they should be ashamed of themselves, they are just an example of the greed of men!
2006-08-28 11:47:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point of news is to beat a story to death.
News is just a rehash of the rehash they've been rehashing all week.
2006-08-28 10:56:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋