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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to:
Up until about a year ago I was a bit of a news addict. I'd put on BBC News 24 when eating my lunch, I'd watch the news at 6pm, 10pm, Newsnight, etc.
But then I stopped. Why? Because I'd long had this feeling that it's all controlled, propaganda, spin. They tell you what they want you to know, in a way that suits them. They'll cover something incessantly for a couple of weeks, then get bored with it and move on to something else. If the previous week's topic was so important, why just drop it?
Sometimes the news is hard to avoid, but I can honestly tell you that I know of only a few things that have happened in the world in the last 12 months, (outside the Apple scene!) and do you know what? I'm happy with that.
I'd encourage you to give it a go. You'll probably find yourself drawn to the news for the first week or so – but resist, and after a while you might just find that you don't miss it at all.
I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this.
- Stop watching the news.
- Stop reading the news.
- Avoid news in any form, from any source.
Up until about a year ago I was a bit of a news addict. I'd put on BBC News 24 when eating my lunch, I'd watch the news at 6pm, 10pm, Newsnight, etc.
But then I stopped. Why? Because I'd long had this feeling that it's all controlled, propaganda, spin. They tell you what they want you to know, in a way that suits them. They'll cover something incessantly for a couple of weeks, then get bored with it and move on to something else. If the previous week's topic was so important, why just drop it?
Sometimes the news is hard to avoid, but I can honestly tell you that I know of only a few things that have happened in the world in the last 12 months, (outside the Apple scene!) and do you know what? I'm happy with that.
I'd encourage you to give it a go. You'll probably find yourself drawn to the news for the first week or so – but resist, and after a while you might just find that you don't miss it at all.
I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this.