Constant bad news
Discussion
I’ll pick on the BBC but I’m sure it applies to most news outlets.
A major percentage of stories are about murders, attempted murders, abductions, rapes, robberies, deaths, car crashes et al.
I don’t know about you lot but t starts to get me down to the extent I don’t feel like looking in so much. Do you think there’s a demand for a good or neutral only news site or news channel. Think I’d tune in.
A major percentage of stories are about murders, attempted murders, abductions, rapes, robberies, deaths, car crashes et al.
I don’t know about you lot but t starts to get me down to the extent I don’t feel like looking in so much. Do you think there’s a demand for a good or neutral only news site or news channel. Think I’d tune in.
This is getting to my wife, to the extent that she is becoming quite depressed. I'm trying to avoid the news, but she keeps wanting to watch it so she knows how bad the bills are.
She keeps talking about £5 electricity bills like they are a fact. I have to constantly point out that our house is far more efficient than the 'average' house.
I feel for her, and am frustrated that I can't just click my fingers and fix it. It's difficult.
She keeps talking about £5 electricity bills like they are a fact. I have to constantly point out that our house is far more efficient than the 'average' house.
I feel for her, and am frustrated that I can't just click my fingers and fix it. It's difficult.
This has been the case since time immemorial, but they are really going hard on “cost of living crisis” and how s
t everything is at the minute. It’s full of compo face after compo face asking why the government haven’t given out any free money yet.
God knows why I continually find myself checking in with the news.
t everything is at the minute. It’s full of compo face after compo face asking why the government haven’t given out any free money yet. God knows why I continually find myself checking in with the news.
Most news outlets have always led with the bad news. It's what people want to hear. No one would turn to ITN if the lead was a tortoise that came home after 10 years missing.
Nowadays, we hear the bad news from all around the world. There's a lot of it.
MSM should point out what is likely to occur. If it seems that fuel bills will be impossible to pay for a significant number of people, then we should know, rather than have it hidden 'for our own good'.
I watch the news in the morning and then catch up in the evening. Beyond that, I read two or three papers, all in the morning.
I'd suggest limiting watching online/TV news outside of the News at Ten sort of thing. Try ignoring it altogether. Don't have conversations beyond what it means to you and yours. I didn't watch any news or read papers for three years. When I eventually started doing so, I found I missed little.
Nowadays, we hear the bad news from all around the world. There's a lot of it.
MSM should point out what is likely to occur. If it seems that fuel bills will be impossible to pay for a significant number of people, then we should know, rather than have it hidden 'for our own good'.
I watch the news in the morning and then catch up in the evening. Beyond that, I read two or three papers, all in the morning.
I'd suggest limiting watching online/TV news outside of the News at Ten sort of thing. Try ignoring it altogether. Don't have conversations beyond what it means to you and yours. I didn't watch any news or read papers for three years. When I eventually started doing so, I found I missed little.
Bad news sells.
People often like to be upset, like watching a horror film or looking as you pass a car crash.
The news therefore focuses more on articles which get online clicks and sells copy and becomes more about bad news and even predictions of possible bad news in the future rather than any actual news and more about entertainment than reporting facts.
I noticed it particularly during the pandemic where my opinion is that during times of stress or disruption etc like a pandemic we're best to focus on a few trusted sources of information.
The BBC (and sky TBF) went from reporting what was actually happening to constantly making a range of apocalyptic predictions about the future, spreading fear and uncertainty.
Unfortunately the same is happening again regarding the cost of living crisis.
I suspect this has always happened, or happened for a while but we notice it more when the emergency (or whatever) affects us personally or we know a bit more about it.
I’ve often wondered if a good news channel would work, where they focus on facts like Reuters but then the human interest stories are more the optimistic ones like people doing great things like some stories about dogs saving their owner from a fire etc. I think I’d watch it.
People often like to be upset, like watching a horror film or looking as you pass a car crash.
The news therefore focuses more on articles which get online clicks and sells copy and becomes more about bad news and even predictions of possible bad news in the future rather than any actual news and more about entertainment than reporting facts.
I noticed it particularly during the pandemic where my opinion is that during times of stress or disruption etc like a pandemic we're best to focus on a few trusted sources of information.
The BBC (and sky TBF) went from reporting what was actually happening to constantly making a range of apocalyptic predictions about the future, spreading fear and uncertainty.
Unfortunately the same is happening again regarding the cost of living crisis.
I suspect this has always happened, or happened for a while but we notice it more when the emergency (or whatever) affects us personally or we know a bit more about it.
I’ve often wondered if a good news channel would work, where they focus on facts like Reuters but then the human interest stories are more the optimistic ones like people doing great things like some stories about dogs saving their owner from a fire etc. I think I’d watch it.
surveyor said:
This is getting to my wife, to the extent that she is becoming quite depressed. I'm trying to avoid the news, but she keeps wanting to watch it so she knows how bad the bills are.
She keeps talking about £5 electricity bills like they are a fact. I have to constantly point out that our house is far more efficient than the 'average' house.
I feel for her, and am frustrated that I can't just click my fingers and fix it. It's difficult.
Unfortunately this negative cycle of behaviour is quite common where the news (or whatever) upsets someone, so our minds want to be proven right so instead of not watching it, they watch it more and then it gives them anxious thoughts which in turn makes them look for more information ‘confirming’ their fears. She keeps talking about £5 electricity bills like they are a fact. I have to constantly point out that our house is far more efficient than the 'average' house.
I feel for her, and am frustrated that I can't just click my fingers and fix it. It's difficult.
Then to make it all worse internet/social media/ YouTube algorithms think you’re into this so they give you even more of it on Facebook ,or google search results etc.
There was a recent study on the negative impact (both mentally and physically) from constantly checking the news.
https://neurosciencenews.com/news-addiction-psycho...
In this day and age you'd have to be living in a cave not to be aware of the most important topics, even without actively watching news.
Turn it off, go for a walk. You'll be better off for it.
https://neurosciencenews.com/news-addiction-psycho...
In this day and age you'd have to be living in a cave not to be aware of the most important topics, even without actively watching news.
Turn it off, go for a walk. You'll be better off for it.
Id agree with Derek, However.... The result of doing that, especially at the moment is that you tune out all the criminal st that the government are doing or want to do. Whilst we cant directly do anything about it, not being informed is almost certainly something they consider an advantage over us.
I also want to tune out from it all for a while, but I do consider it important at the moment to keep myself informed. Being ground into the dirt by bad news and switching off from it plays into their hands to an extent. A badly informed electorate is an easily manipulated electorate.
I just try to cut out as much of the other stuff as i can. It's not easy. Filtering what is a necessary story form the hysterical crap the media get so over exited about is hard sometimes. This country is in a dreadful state and will take a long long time to turn around.
t that the government are doing or want to do. Whilst we cant directly do anything about it, not being informed is almost certainly something they consider an advantage over us.I also want to tune out from it all for a while, but I do consider it important at the moment to keep myself informed. Being ground into the dirt by bad news and switching off from it plays into their hands to an extent. A badly informed electorate is an easily manipulated electorate.
I just try to cut out as much of the other stuff as i can. It's not easy. Filtering what is a necessary story form the hysterical crap the media get so over exited about is hard sometimes. This country is in a dreadful state and will take a long long time to turn around.
Don’t watch it we decided to do that a few months ago and life is a lot better without the doom merchants. They should all be sued for damage caused to peoples mental health. It’s their choice to fill the news with doom rolling out expert after expert who has nothing positive to say. Then when you look online you see some of them are members of things like the Communist party take Susan Michie as an example. She was the BBC’s expert on COVID !!
MSM has an agenda to bring down Governments. I’m amazed advertisers want to be associated with a lot of c*ap put out by the other channels. It hardly makes you feel warm towards their products after listening to thoroughly depressing newsreaders
Switch it off simple
MSM has an agenda to bring down Governments. I’m amazed advertisers want to be associated with a lot of c*ap put out by the other channels. It hardly makes you feel warm towards their products after listening to thoroughly depressing newsreaders
Switch it off simple
surveyor said:
This is getting to my wife, to the extent that she is becoming quite depressed. I'm trying to avoid the news, but she keeps wanting to watch it so she knows how bad the bills are.
She keeps talking about £5 electricity bills like they are a fact. I have to constantly point out that our house is far more efficient than the 'average' house.
I feel for her, and am frustrated that I can't just click my fingers and fix it. It's difficult.
£5 energy bills? Are you heating a dolls house?She keeps talking about £5 electricity bills like they are a fact. I have to constantly point out that our house is far more efficient than the 'average' house.
I feel for her, and am frustrated that I can't just click my fingers and fix it. It's difficult.
Derek Smith said:
Most news outlets have always led with the bad news. It's what people want to hear. No one would turn to ITN if the lead was a tortoise that came home after 10 years missing.
Nowadays, we hear the bad news from all around the world. There's a lot of it.
MSM should point out what is likely to occur. If it seems that fuel bills will be impossible to pay for a significant number of people, then we should know, rather than have it hidden 'for our own good'.
I watch the news in the morning and then catch up in the evening. Beyond that, I read two or three papers, all in the morning.
I'd suggest limiting watching online/TV news outside of the News at Ten sort of thing. Try ignoring it altogether. Don't have conversations beyond what it means to you and yours. I didn't watch any news or read papers for three years. When I eventually started doing so, I found I missed little.
Oh god. Tommy is still missing? Has anybody checked the airing cupboard?Nowadays, we hear the bad news from all around the world. There's a lot of it.
MSM should point out what is likely to occur. If it seems that fuel bills will be impossible to pay for a significant number of people, then we should know, rather than have it hidden 'for our own good'.
I watch the news in the morning and then catch up in the evening. Beyond that, I read two or three papers, all in the morning.
I'd suggest limiting watching online/TV news outside of the News at Ten sort of thing. Try ignoring it altogether. Don't have conversations beyond what it means to you and yours. I didn't watch any news or read papers for three years. When I eventually started doing so, I found I missed little.
Completely agree - early 2020 sent me slightly loopy and it taught me to limit the doom mongering and dilute it with a bit of positivity. Just a few minutes reading on here is enough - a quid for a kw of electric, war in Ukraine, parents who should have been sterilised at birth etc… Off to Readers Rides now…
elanfan said:
Seems to be a lot of agreement, therefore it would appear there’s room for a good news, news channel.
When it comes to news we're programmed for the doom. People would watch the jolly stuff, if there is any, and hit their TV wondering what was wrong with it. Martyn Lewis, the newsreader, proposed something similar and got told he was a t
t. SpeedBash said:
Randy Winkman said:
Sorry to be grumpy - didn't we have this thread a week ago?
.https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Monkeylegend said:
SpeedBash said:
Randy Winkman said:
Sorry to be grumpy - didn't we have this thread a week ago?
.https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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