I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news is when you could quite easily listen to it on the radio.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The truth is I don't watch a lot of news, except for when I'm here at the office watching Fox News. I get my news online primarily when I'm not watching the channel.
News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television.
In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.
People want to have a voice and a say in what is news.
I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away.
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.
I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.