Square Wheels Posted February 25, 2016 Share #1 Posted February 25, 2016 I used to listen to NPR on the commute. It's all negative, politics (negative) or advertising. I stopped listening about 2 weeks ago. I have felt a very noticeable improvement in my spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 25, 2016 Share #2 Posted February 25, 2016 I turn on the local news in the morning just to have something on while getting ready for work. Otherwise I listen to radio news. The local news (by me anyway) is a re-run everyday. Learn how many people got shot in Detroit last night (and it is nightly), government problems again Detroit and now Flint. Body found in burnt down home...it goes on and on. And this morning's news was spent telling people how to drive in snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted February 25, 2016 Share #3 Posted February 25, 2016 We are bombarded by news and information..It is okay to back off..healthy even. We don't have much in the way of commercials on our public radio...except now during give us money time pledge week... But when I can't take the news ...especially the politics ..I actually don't mind the news but the political crap drives me nuts....I switch to the Current 89.3 (also MN public radio) or the classical music station (also MN public radio)...no commercials...and it is a nice break. I actually wake up to the Current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybeegb Posted February 25, 2016 Share #4 Posted February 25, 2016 Gets my BP up when I listen. Not that I don't stay abreast of what's happening, I just don't let it consume me. I have SiriusXM in my new truck so I tune it to the 60's music channel and chill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 25, 2016 Share #5 Posted February 25, 2016 I'll watch the local news in the morning for the weather report and to see if there was any big story overnight, but then I change to something less depressing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 25, 2016 Share #6 Posted February 25, 2016 Sometimes. I try to catch a headline ticker in the am. I get most of my news on-line - I like the sweet and sour mix of CNN and Fox.com. I also catch local/state news on-line. I will watch the 11:00 pm local news about half the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 25, 2016 Share #7 Posted February 25, 2016 I usually watch the morning news for 30 minutes or so. I don't watch the evening news, CNN, Fox or such. It just annoys the hell out of me. In the car it's mostly sports talk but I'll listen to the local news network for traffic & news updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted February 25, 2016 Share #8 Posted February 25, 2016 Much like bikeman I listen as background in the mornings. Unlike him I don't have too many shootings but plenty of adventures of FloridaMan to make things interesting. FloridaMan not the hero we wanted buy the hero we deserve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted February 25, 2016 Share #9 Posted February 25, 2016 I'm a news junkie. I read a lot of news and opinion on Twitter and Drudge. Some days its a downer, other days are pretty positive. I rarely sit and watch a 30 minute news show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted February 25, 2016 Share #10 Posted February 25, 2016 This implies "TV" or "radio", so, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted February 25, 2016 Share #11 Posted February 25, 2016 I don't watch TV and in the car I plug in my phone and listen to Pandora, Amazon or MP3 playlists. I read online news feeds when I'm bored. I like the comments, sometimes they display intelligence but that is probably an error on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 25, 2016 Share #12 Posted February 25, 2016 The news tends to paint a pretty pessimistic image of the world. I will switch between NPR and the comedy channel on the way to work/home. Science Friday is fun. Otherwise, I count on you guys to keep me informed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted February 25, 2016 Share #13 Posted February 25, 2016 I listen to the news all the time, almost continuously. If I get tired of one station I just turn my tin foil hat a few degrees and - BaZinga! - I've tuned into a new station. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 18, 2018 Share #14 Posted May 18, 2018 Florida man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted May 18, 2018 Share #15 Posted May 18, 2018 I get all my news from you folks. No sense turning on the boob tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted May 18, 2018 Share #16 Posted May 18, 2018 Bumped thread, but I didn't watch much news then and that hasn't changed. I tune into local news each AM to get the big headlines and the weather, and then turn it off because it's all too negative and depressing. When I get to work, I'll check the news online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 18, 2018 Share #17 Posted May 18, 2018 I find the news more interesting than zombie threads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 18, 2018 Share #18 Posted May 18, 2018 Instead of the electronics and computer degrees I ended up with for money I would rather have had a degree in history and sociology. I actually enjoy attempting to understand how different sides of an issue come to their positions and how those positions have put us where we are today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted May 18, 2018 Share #19 Posted May 18, 2018 And I'm always thankful when no one near and dear to me, or me, is mentioned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted May 18, 2018 Share #20 Posted May 18, 2018 On 2/25/2016 at 7:49 AM, goldendesign said: Much like bikeman I listen as background in the mornings. Unlike him I don't have too many shootings but plenty of adventures of FloridaMan to make things interesting. FloridaMan not the hero we wanted buy the hero we deserve. LOL. There was a cartoonist in Portland that was locally popular. He died in 2010.. He was a double amputee. His cartoons were about physical disabilities. One of his books was He won't get far on foot Movie out soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share #21 Posted May 18, 2018 Haven't listened since I posted this. I'm even happier now than when I initially stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 19, 2018 Share #22 Posted May 19, 2018 I started watching the ABC evening news as a lead-in to Jeopardy. Still too many &(*&%$ commercials! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 19, 2018 Share #23 Posted May 19, 2018 On 2/25/2016 at 7:34 AM, Square Wheels said: I used to listen to NPR on the commute. It's all negative, politics (negative) or advertising. I found your problem! Your NPR is not the real NPR. Find a real NPR station and you should be good to go. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted May 19, 2018 Share #24 Posted May 19, 2018 2 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Florida man. I bet he has a cousin named Jersey Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share #25 Posted May 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Razors Edge said: I found your problem! Your NPR is not the real NPR. Find a real NPR station and you should be good to go. Tom They disguise it as "underwriting ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 19, 2018 Share #26 Posted May 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Square Wheels said: They disguise it as "underwriting ". Wink wink. Nod nod. I got it. So the couple minutes at the top of the hour was too much? Versus the 25 minutes per hour of a different type of show? During pledge drives, they may even bump it up to five minutes or more per hour! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted May 19, 2018 Share #27 Posted May 19, 2018 Most mornings I watch 40 minutes of Morning Joe on the treadmill. It's my commute to nowhere. I have a 12 ounce mug of tea, the treadmill has a cupholder. One of the pills I make it is a protein pill. I am quite pleased with it. This is before breakfast. I record Chis and Rachel and that guy that comes on after Rachel. I almost never watch him, but I try to watch part of Rachel or Chris. Rachel does a nice job taking the time to walk you through complicated situations. I get most of my actual news from NYT, the Guardian and Asia Times. I plan on killing NYT for WAPO. The NYT is in one of their slumps, and WAPO has been kicking serious butt. TV sucks for news. I always have a something serious on the bedside table. I don't usually read a lot of it. I skim through, looking for any actual thinking that I haven't seen ten times before. The new Niall Ferguson builds on an idea that's been floating around, modelling the way power works. There's a lot of history in it, doubt I will read those bits. They aren't bad or anything, I just want the meat, without the Ching Dynasty. There are guys where I'll hang on every word, but not many. I'm reading the science fiction series The Expanse for the third time. It's funny how different you react to events each time you read something. The first time, the sex was great. The second time it was stimulating, the third time is a little awkward to read. Go figure. One of the things I absolutely love about the Expanse is that it focuses a lot on power structures, and how they interact. My favorite is Chrisjen Avasarala, an elderly diminutive woman of Indian descent that swears like a sailor and intimidates generals and presidents. And basically runs Earth from a back office. Unlike most people in power, she just wants to keep things running, so everyone trusts her. She drinks real Oolong tea, she doesn't actually like it. It's strong and smoky, brewed the traditional way I don't like it at all. But her husband likes it, so it's nearly the only thing she drinks. She's a study in contrasts. Another thing I like about it is that no one comes close to understanding what's going on. They get part of it, and just try to keep hanging on as they bounce from crisis to crisis. You know the old saying about turning the amp to 11? The Expanse turns it to 11, then 12, then 13. And then things get totally nuts. And while that sounds over the top crazy, the author makes it work. Within the context of that plot, it really, really works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted May 19, 2018 Share #28 Posted May 19, 2018 I only listen to Alex Jones. Couch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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