Anyone else quitting news entirely ?

[Anonymous]

Mostly. No TV, no radio news. I quit NPR back in 2016.
I canceled my WP subscription after the election. Just can’t spend the next 4 years reading story after story about him.
I go to the NYT site and scroll until the stories about anything other than DT appear and then I start reading.

[Anonymous]

Timely topic:

https://wapo.st/4i21RR7

The latest news? Not right now, thanks.

I am detaching, but not quitting I guess.

[Anonymous]

Sure, I always quit things when they don't go my way. Then I go home and cry like the baby I am. I try to teach my kids if they don't like the outcomes of things than its because people are bad racists and they should hate them.

[Anonymous]

All I know is that I can point to ten specific ways my life has gotten better by not reading the news.

Can you say the same about watching the news? I feel zero guilt. I make community raise great kids and help others that’s my politics no matter who is in office and I know my mission. News is noise keeping the herds depressed frightened and deeply divided.

[Anonymous]

I skim headlines for WaPost, NYT and WSJ every day, clicking on things that seem interesting or unique. I scroll past most headlines involving Trump and his cabinet, although I do read a few.

I scan other sites - Reuters, ProPublica, BBC and Al Jazeera to get more international news.

I go to Brookings and Pew once every other week or two to see what they're looking at.

[Anonymous]

I read the news (WP, zNYT, WSJ, USA Today, Politico and The Hill, but gave up MSNBC because I can't stand to hear about Trump..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure, I always quit things when they don't go my way. Then I go home and cry like the baby I am. I try to teach my kids if they don't like the outcomes of things than its because people are bad racists and they should hate them.

This not about losing, it’s more about watching the death of your country in real time. Of course people will be sad.

[Anonymous]

Me. Since the terrible Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

Apathy is not a solution though. That's what happened in Russia and now they all are stuck with the insane Vlad.

[Anonymous]

yes deinstalled all news. going to head in the sand while the maga crew fafo. i cannot. my caring is at an end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apathy is not a solution though. That's what happened in Russia and now they all are stuck with the insane Vlad.

I honestly don't believe a lot of these posts. I think it's more social engineering to get people to give up and not pay attention.

[Anonymous]

In typical DC fashion I was raised by news junkies who were/are always blasting CNN and reading the Post. I read the NYT and listened to NPR starting in my late teens (I’m 39 now).

I have decreased my intake of the “news” since Covid. I still like the economics podcasts on NPR, will watch a Sunday political news show once in a while…but that’s really it. I don’t believe anything positive comes from it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure, I always quit things when they don't go my way. Then I go home and cry like the baby I am. I try to teach my kids if they don't like the outcomes of things than its because people are bad racists and they should hate them.

This not about losing, it’s more about watching the death of your country in real time. Of course people will be sad.

Can’t wait for the Ken Burns documentary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure, I always quit things when they don't go my way. Then I go home and cry like the baby I am. I try to teach my kids if they don't like the outcomes of things than its because people are bad racists and they should hate them.

You don’t think people should cry over 1 million people dying of Covid because your guy fumbled the ball.

[Anonymous]

I did. Facts won’t change because I didn’t watch or read the news.