Have you stopped reading the news?

[Ignis Fatuus]

I can't really avoid the news where I work. They have screens everywhere showing BBC's rolling news coverage.

I often find myself getting stopped in my tracks when I see the caption "Breaking News" flashing across the bottom of the screen only to find that I've just wasted 2 minutes of my life to find out that somebody I've never heard of has pulled out of Come Dancing after twisting her ankle

Grr. One of my pet hates. "Breaking News" should not be just a selection of more or less current news items, it should be reserved for "stop the presses" stuff.

[hyperD]

Think I might make it a News Years resolution to not watch or read any news at all over 2013.

Do it now. Trust me, it's lifechanging and I agree about the depression thing.

TV licence free and newspaper free for 4 years.

[wurzel]

I can't really avoid the news where I work. They have screens everywhere showing BBC's rolling news coverage.

I often find myself getting stopped in my tracks when I see the caption "Breaking News" flashing across the bottom of the screen only to find that I've just wasted 2 minutes of my life to find out that somebody I've never heard of has pulled out of Come Dancing after twisting her ankle

[Scoobos]

I had a tough time over the last couple of years and became depressed for a while - it got pretty nasty at one point and I thought I'd never recover.

Reducing my mainstream news watching to once per week (a summary) has really improved my wellbeing.

I think that there is a balance between feeling ignorant, and being constantly emotionally pummelled by a news media system that is geared up to scare and disgust, in order to drive ratings.

[wurzel]

It's all either incredibly depressing or mind numbingly tedious.

Checked the Telegraph last night before I crashed out. What were they leading with? Their live blog of what was going on on Question Time. I mean, really, WGAS?

Think I might make it a News Years resolution to not watch or read any news at all over 2013.

[Old Hack]

Er, the disease is spread by ticks.



That's why it doesn't go tick tock tick tock

*snigger*

I normally throw out clocks that go tick, as they're missing their tock

[MarillionFan]

Never mind about that, wot about this little gem?

Man, 38, fights for his life in hospital isolation ward after being struck down with tropical disease | Mail Online

tick tick tick tick tick

No!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate the sound of a ticking clock! Almost as bad as when someone files their nails.

[BrilloPad]

CUK is the only reliable news source. No speculation, no extrapolation.

[al_cam]

I stopped watching, reading, listening to the news a few years back when I was under a lot of stress and I felt the bad news just added to it. I've never looked back.

There are a few only good news websites out there if you still want some news.

Al.

[escapeUK]

I stopped watching the news some years ago, reading it is easy. I just dont read the bits I dont give a toss about. Which is most of it tbh. Just looked on Sky News and Telegraph websites, nothing of interest there.

Though this caught my eye on the mail, about police dragging a 50 year old man out of swimming pool for shouting at kids for splashing him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...immer-out.html

And they wonder why people go Ralph Moat on them, and children have no respect.

[alreadypacked]

I stopped reading the news years ago.

The day I started reading the Daily Mail infact.

Now, where is Kelly Brook on holiday this week and how much is her house worth?

[DimPrawn]

I stopped reading the news years ago.

The day I started reading the Daily Mail infact.

Now, where is Kelly Brook on holiday this week and how much is her house worth?

[xoggoth]

Not to mention all the conflicts about to kick off. China vs Japan, Iran vs Israel, Turkey vs Syria, N Korea vs S Korea. Why don't Ladbrokes take bets on these things?

[PorkPie]

Things like this:

BBC News - April Jones abduction: New plea on Mark Bridger whereabouts

Gary Glitter 'raped a girl in Jimmy Savile's dressing room' - Telegraph

make me so sad I wonder why I read the news at all