Just my opinion

If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

I try not to use this platform for my soapboxes. While I do share my religious views, this platform for me is about writing, sharing my work. Thank you to all who have read my posts.

With that being said, I have a 96 year old friend that said, “if you want to improve your mental health, stop watching the news.” I believe he’s right.

In my opinion, the worst thing that ever happened to the news was the Nielsen ratings (US). The news should never be in a ratings system. This opens the door for people to make stuff up. Sensationalize things that never should have been in the news in the first place. And share your opinion as the gospel facts. The news shouldn’t be entertaining, sexy, or attractive. It’s the news. We shouldn’t have 24 hour news broadcasts. The only people (I feel) that need 24 hours news is the president and our military leaders.

I remember when I was little and you made a point to watch the evening news. 30 minutes. That’s all. From time to time, there would be a special broadcast but they were rare.

We watched a documentary about the Snow Child Killer in MI. While the case was active, this reporter tracked one of the suspects questioning him as he’s walking from his job to his truck. It made me so mad. Do you really want your 15 minutes of fame that bad that you would jeopardize an active investigation?

News is important, wrongs have been righted because someone blow the lid off of a story. Too much of anything is a bad thing.

Just my opinion.

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