That future still sounds a whole lot better than our present. I'm not anywhere near convinced that the 24 hour news cycle and social media are good for anything or anyone.
Breaking news is probably the worst invention we've had so far. Unless something is killing me right now, I don't want to know about this not-quite-news-thing until most of the details (preferably all of the details) are totally sorted out and presented in one serving.
Instead, we have "Breaking: We don't know how, what or why, but it looks like something bad happened... probably". It sucks and it stresses me out for no reason except ratings.
I've started moving away from TV altogether for news just for that reason. There's a set time of day I take in news and that's about it for news for the rest of my waking hours.
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That future still sounds a whole lot better than our present. I'm not anywhere near convinced that the 24 hour news cycle and social media are good for anything or anyone.
Breaking news is probably the worst invention we've had so far. Unless something is killing me right now, I don't want to know about this not-quite-news-thing until most of the details (preferably all of the details) are totally sorted out and presented in one serving.
Instead, we have "Breaking: We don't know how, what or why, but it looks like something bad happened... probably". It sucks and it stresses me out for no reason except ratings.
I've started moving away from TV altogether for news just for that reason. There's a set time of day I take in news and that's about it for news for the rest of my waking hours.