For many years,
I've watched the news almost religiously. I kinda felt informed that
way. Not really, of course, at least not when I thought about it. I
mean, to be told what some politicians or business leaders (whatever
that is) or movie stars have said can hardly qualify as information.
Anyway, for me, watching the news was a daily ritual
Recently, I've started to realise that I do not watch the news anymore. Because it is harder to watch them than not to watch them. As Tom Clancy noted in "The Teeth of the Tiger":
Recently, I've started to realise that I do not watch the news anymore. Because it is harder to watch them than not to watch them. As Tom Clancy noted in "The Teeth of the Tiger":
"By this time, all of America was watching TV, with reporters in New York and Atlanta telling America what they knew, which was little, and trying to explain the events of the day, which they did with the accuracy of grammar school children. They endlessly repeated the hard facts they had managed to gather, and hauled in 'experts' who knew little but said a lot. It was good for filling airtime, at least, if not to inform the public."
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