News doesn't interest me. Anything important or interesting, I hear about through a friend etc. So much of it is politics-based - politics bores me. I have a passing interest in politics, but really it's all very simple and repetitive. In crude terms, someone is left, someone is right and someone is in the middle. 'Left' decides on something and some of their following dislike this decision. The same happens with 'Right'. 'Left' and 'Right' dislike everything about the opposing side, but fail to show their feelings and leave (at least some of) their following frustrated. The remainder is split into two factions. The first will blindly follow for no good reason, while still hating the opposing side. The second would rather not follow anyone, but felt the need to choose a leader and complain about every decision made. As a result, 'Left' and 'Right' try to please every individual following them, meaning everyone is unhappy with an action. The left following would have liked a more left-like decision and the right following would prefer a more right-like decision. Everyone in between is unhappy about something, no matter how small. Simply because, you can't please everybody.
It doesn't matter what it is, it's all the same. In football, for example - the people in charge decide to change the design of the football and this makes someone unhappy. That means another person feels the need to defend the new football and a debate begins. Soon, one team shows support for the new ball - triggering the opposite reaction in fans of the other team, just because they have a rivalry. The sad thing is that most would rather just enjoy the game, but are dragged into a pointless debate. It goes on and on. The news just informs us of this pattern over and over again. Wars have happened because of it and to a lesser extent, everything down the chain is wrongly-poisoned by differing opinion. If one channel (or a presenter on that channel) is biased against something, another will feel the need to defend their beliefs - feeding the cycle. I accept that there are news stories that state fact without silly debate. For example, "Cancer cure found." That's lovely. However, there's always someone in the background claiming that we shouldn't mess with nature and should leave everyone to die. Or, someone claiming their country found the cure etc. Then there's all the non-issue celebrity stuff. I find it dull. When interested, I need to do my own research and filter-out the rubbish - meaning the news people needn't have bothered. I would like the facts to be presented so that I may form my own opinion, rather than it being influenced by an individual or organisation. Well, that's my opinion. :tongue:
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