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Karen M. Harris's avatar

My home schooled son and I I spent time with an older relative while on his “Senior Trip with Mom.” My uncle has Fox News on morning to night with the requisite rage that results. He asked me if I was keeping my children up-to-date with current events. When I replied that I rarely did, he got very upset, until I explained why. I told him how I had very few hours and years with them. Besides the usual subject necessary to be educated, I taught them the Scripture and how to live well in light of the Truth. As nations rise and fall, learning to live well was our primary calling. “

He paused a moment and said,” That is a better way. I wonder if I shouldn’t watch less news as I am always angry. “

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Ruben Bix's avatar

I agree with you. I haven't gone quite as far as you have in staying clear of media but I've reduced my intake over the same period of time and for the same reasons. I notice that when I visit my mother who listens to MSNBC somewhat obsessively, I feel my blood pressure rise, not because of their opinions as much as the loud insistent tone coupled with the blaring drug ads. I guess the one thing I hold onto though, and I am writing this just to get a chance to say it here, is print journalism. I subscribe (and it ain't cheap) to my local newspaper, and though many of the stories are a day late, I can read and digest the news in a way that doesn't give me heartburn, or brain-burn, and I can avoid the sort of psychotic ruminations that full-bore media evokes in me. I find that reading a newspaper made of paper, with or without a cup of coffee, can be an edifying and even relaxing experience.

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