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why do i watch the news?
Feb. 10th, 2005 12:38 amI think I might want to stop watching the news. I know their job is not to report only "happy news", but there was one story after another that just made me hang my head in shame to be a human being.
A couple shot to death in a car. Someone just walked up and shot them. No connection to gangs or drugs as far as they knew.
Another man used his car to run down a family of 4 out for a evening walk in their neighborhood. He didn't just run them down once, he backed up and came at them again. He just had a fight with his girlfriend and he was angry. No one died but one child is in serious condition and the rest of the family had various injuries.
An 8 month old puppy with a good temperament was euthanized in an animal shelter. The family had come the day before to identify the dog, but they didn't have the $60 to get the dog out. When the woman came in the next morning with the cash it was too late. (I'm not comparing an animal life to human life - it's just one more example of everything that's making me sad tonight.)
And let's not even look at the world news - war, disasters, torture, pain, pain, pain. Some days I feel so jaded about it all and other days it hits me between the eyes and in my gut. Today was a gut wrenching day.
If I stop watching the news what does that do? It certainly doesn't make all the horror stop - if only I had that power I would gladly give up watching/hearing any and all news. Would I just be sticking my head in the sand? Would it be better for my mental/physical health?
Tired - time to go to bed. I sleep with the tv on. Maybe I'll turn it to a talk show and not CNN tonight.
A couple shot to death in a car. Someone just walked up and shot them. No connection to gangs or drugs as far as they knew.
Another man used his car to run down a family of 4 out for a evening walk in their neighborhood. He didn't just run them down once, he backed up and came at them again. He just had a fight with his girlfriend and he was angry. No one died but one child is in serious condition and the rest of the family had various injuries.
An 8 month old puppy with a good temperament was euthanized in an animal shelter. The family had come the day before to identify the dog, but they didn't have the $60 to get the dog out. When the woman came in the next morning with the cash it was too late. (I'm not comparing an animal life to human life - it's just one more example of everything that's making me sad tonight.)
And let's not even look at the world news - war, disasters, torture, pain, pain, pain. Some days I feel so jaded about it all and other days it hits me between the eyes and in my gut. Today was a gut wrenching day.
If I stop watching the news what does that do? It certainly doesn't make all the horror stop - if only I had that power I would gladly give up watching/hearing any and all news. Would I just be sticking my head in the sand? Would it be better for my mental/physical health?
Tired - time to go to bed. I sleep with the tv on. Maybe I'll turn it to a talk show and not CNN tonight.
