Ever Go on a News Blackout?

[Aroura]

Yes. I successfully avoided 99% of news for the last 10 months. I tried to simply avoid actual news, but FB is basically a bunch of people sharing various news stories, so I had to cut that. Then I had to cut this forum too, since at least half the threads concern the news, and the other half someone brings it up in a thread somewhere.

I turned of every single person on my FB except my father and brother and Pocaracas who only posts lovely nature links, and I just use it to share innocuous stuff like pictures of our latest trip to the zoo.

Just last week though I got so desperately lonely that I came back here. Already I'm getting drawn back into the news. I need to stay out of it, but it's hard because in today's world of heightened social media and internet access, just normal human interactions are likely to result in discussion of politics and current events.

[Little lunch]

I check out the news and weather as soon as I wake up and at dinner time.
I use the ABC because of its impartiality.
I personally can't see the point in being uninformed about what's going on around me, although I don't care about what's going on in sport, which I don't think should be a part of the news.

[brewer]

Yes.  I successfully avoided 99% of news for the last 10 months.  I tried to simply avoid actual news, but FB is basically a bunch of people sharing various news stories, so I had to cut that.  Then I had to cut this forum too, since at least half the threads concern the news, and the other half someone brings it up in a thread somewhere.

I turned of every single person on my FB except my father and brother and Pocaracas who only posts lovely nature links, and I just use it to share innocuous stuff like pictures of our latest trip to the zoo.

Just last week though I got so desperately lonely that I came back here.  Already I'm getting drawn back into the news.  I need to stay out of it, but it's hard because in today's world of heightened social media and internet access, just normal human interactions are likely to result in discussion of politics and current events.

Have you heard the Good News?

[A Theist]

I constantly have the news on my TV, but I take good breaks in between to stay active with my yard work and home maintenance projects. Plus I pursue other hobbies to keep myself busy.

Like making wicked cool hats.

Exactly!

[CapnAwesome]

I'm a news addict. I subscribe to The New York Times, I read The Guardian, my city's newspaper and 2 newspapers back in my home state of NY. I also watch Anderson Cooper on CNN and my local newscasts in the morning before work and the 10pm local newscast.

(Jesus H. Christ, I do take in a lot of news lol)

But when I travel and usually the (busy) week around Christmas, I make a concerted and 99.9% successful effort to not read or watch any news at all. Nothing. Nada. I don't have any knowledge of anything in the outside world outside of a nuclear holocaust.
And I sorta like it! It clears my brain and I do other things like go outside and talk to people.
But I always go back to the news after my self-imposed blackouts.

Have you ever gone on a news blackout?

-Teresa

I just spent three months biking and climbing in Spain and didn't read American news. It was great. Maybe I'll go on one again.

[The Valkyrie]

Yes. I successfully avoided 99% of news for the last 10 months. I tried to simply avoid actual news, but FB is basically a bunch of people sharing various news stories, so I had to cut that. Then I had to cut this forum too, since at least half the threads concern the news, and the other half someone brings it up in a thread somewhere.

I turned of every single person on my FB except my father and brother and Pocaracas who only posts lovely nature links, and I just use it to share innocuous stuff like pictures of our latest trip to the zoo.

Just last week though I got so desperately lonely that I came back here. Already I'm getting drawn back into the news. I need to stay out of it, but it's hard because in today's world of heightened social media and internet access, just normal human interactions are likely to result in discussion of politics and current events.

You're saying you want everyone who shares news stories on social media killed?

[Seraphina]

Yes.  I successfully avoided 99% of news for the last 10 months.  I tried to simply avoid actual news, but FB is basically a bunch of people sharing various news stories, so I had to cut that.  Then I had to cut this forum too, since at least half the threads concern the news, and the other half someone brings it up in a thread somewhere.

I turned of every single person on my FB except my father and brother and Pocaracas who only posts lovely nature links, and I just use it to share innocuous stuff like pictures of our latest trip to the zoo.

Just last week though I got so desperately lonely that I came back here.  Already I'm getting drawn back into the news.  I need to stay out of it, but it's hard because in today's world of heightened social media and internet access, just normal human interactions are likely to result in discussion of politics and current events.

Hey there, nice to see you back!

-Teresa