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For me, the biggest failing of news is their failure to prioritize and sustain a story over a long period of time. News media get bored with even the biggest stories and forget about them, even as they're ongoing. America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan should be front page news every day, as well as our failing education and healthcare systems. There should be a huge ongoing debate as to solving these issues - new insights as to whether goals are attainable. Instead of informing the public, news serves as a form of mass amnesia.
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Dont forget, trying to make you scared of what might happen to you! The news is so much fun... :P
Agreed and this is why I don't watch the news on TV, I listen to it on the radio or read it.
"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones Dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive" - G.K. Chesterton
Garbage in garbage out. Now it seems anything goes, and you know what they say "when anything goes-everything goes.
This is entirely off topic, but...
I see you are featured THREE times in the newest International Artist Magazine. I bow before thee, sire.
For me, the biggest failing of news is their failure to prioritize and sustain a story over a long period of time. News media get bored with even the biggest stories and forget about them, even as they're ongoing. America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan should be front page news every day, as well as our failing education and healthcare systems. There should be a huge ongoing debate as to solving these issues - new insights as to whether goals are attainable. Instead of informing the public, news serves as a form of mass amnesia.
@stephen
love the Chesterton comment :)
what is NOT reported is more interesting.
I got rid of my TV 15 years ago, (but the Internet can become a distraction! )
I get my news from Artist like you! You're the new Walter Cronkite.
Your helpful, honest, and you know what your talking about!
Schopenhauer in his time would refer to newspapers as
"Sekundenzeiger der Weltgeschichte":
which might translate as
"second hand of world history".
Newspapers in those times were different. More dignifyed perhaps.
What would Schopenhauer say about today's TV news?
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