Are we being unreasonable to never watch the news?

[ConfusedWife1234]

AWBU to never watch the news but only watch Netflix because we think we learn all news from the internet or because somebody tells us... and because the news aren‘t actually very cheerful most days
So one day we just gave up watching the news.

Good for you Jackieyoulooknice

I have had to stop consuming tv and online news for my mental health. You can't be of any use to anybody if you're a total wreck.

Oddly, I bought an old fashioned print newspaper a few months ago and found it a much gentler and more informative way to take in the news. I ended up reading about things I wouldn't have clicked on online. And quite dark/harrowing things that I wouldn't read about on my computer because it makes me too upset/anxious. It probably helped I was in a coffee shop around other people.

In general I feel much better informed about the world by reading books.

You all realise there is more kinds of news than the bad ones?
There are so many amazing and impressive news in science all the time.
Like the mimeral created which can remove co2 polution Awesome

Yes there is OftenHangry but the way we consume news online means it's virtually impossible not to see all the shocking and negative headlines at the same time - not good for someone with anxiety for example

I found a publication called Positive News and another site called the Good News Network where you can get positive/interesting news without the shock value

YaNbu! The news in the UK is not really news at all, there is so much going on out there that is not reported in the main UK media outlets.

In order to truly understand what is happening in this world we need to turn to alternative sources, many outwith the UK borders.

I keep up with current affairs online but I haven’t actually sat down to watch the news for years. It’s too miserable.

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/08/is-the-bbc-scared-of-the-transgender-debate/

This explains all that is wrong with being reliant upon a limited news source and their bias/prop.

I gave up watching the news ages ago. I really don't like being told what "news" is important by a broadcaster with an agenda.

In this day and age there are so many well informed news sources available on all sides of the political spectrum that having "Big Brother" beam the day's propaganda at you whilst you eat your s̶o̶y̶l̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶e̶n̶dinner is a tad antiquated.

Inform yourselves, read several different sources, but I see no reason to watch the news anymore.

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/08/is-the-bbc-scared-of-the-transgender-debate/

I hope this link works.

It is very concerning to read his reports of the experience of BBC staff unable to report truth because they are scared. That's not a free press and is a threat to democracy.

If I want to read a newspaper online I actually read the Sydney Morning Herald. That way I skim over things that I cannot relate to e.g. man knocked over in Sydney suburb and go straight to the international news. I don't know why but I just prefer the way things are written in this paper. I don't live in Australia. My DH thinks I am mad.

TV news is all propaganda in service of one editorial line or another, and it's usually dumbed down. This means you have to watch a broad spread of it to get a vaguely realistic picture of what's happening, which is fine but if I'm going to do that anyway I'd rather read newspapers and online articles which at least tend to yield some details and background.

If you happen to catch some actual news of an event in between them banging the drum for their chosen causes, you tend to have to search online for more information anyway, so might as well cut out the middle-person.

But surely watching, and being aware of what is going on in the world around us is part and parcel of being a member of society. I am baffled by anyone who avoids being well informed.

But surely watching, and being aware of what is going on in the world around us is part and parcel of being a member of society. I am baffled by anyone who avoids being well informed.

You've heard of those big papery-things with words in them yes? Newspapers have news in them, you can read them for free on the internet in your own time. You can also read blogs, agencies, primary sources and any number of differently nuanced bits of information.

TV news is JUST propaganda. It's a really good way of not being informed.

Thank you @Cakemonger, my counsellor said that I was focusing on things that were so unlikely to happen.... Children dying, terrorist attacks etc, but because they were so often in the news and sensationalised it was all skewed in my mind.

Tune in to LBC 😉

I rarely watch the news and never read them, for precisely the same reason: too depressing. I have my political views and principles (very left-wing) which inform my voting, not the news, thank you very much.