What REASONS do you have to not watch NEWS?
By andak2007
@andak2007 (3229)
Philippines
December 16, 2008 6:53am CST
Here in my country there are two giant TV networks GMA-7 and ABS-CBN if you are a filipino you probably know what i am talking about.
I really do not like to watch news because aside from the fact that they give me stress and worries...they try to dictate people of what to think and what to believe...they have become very influential and we let them control us...and DO YOU BELIEVE everything on the NEWS?
You should be careful in believing them.
Care to share your views?
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7 responses
@cybersoft01 (1284)
• India
17 Dec 08
In early days news was told in a very cool manner. I liked to watch it on our national channel. But these days all the news channels are spreading terror and panic. They speak as if they are going to fight you. I don't like they way they speak.
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@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
yes they try to spread panic so i get as far as away from them...they are sick and yes they are making too much money doing it.
@aseretdd (13729)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
I always watch the news at night... and read it through the internet every morning... i don't it is really that bad... some new items tend to be influential... but it is up to us to use our better judgement if we will fully believe in these...
The only way that i will not watch news is when my daughter will insist on watching cartoon... but other than that... my 6:30 pm is always tuned in to a news program...
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@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
but common people believe everything they see on tv and that is their target.
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
well you are very fortunate...in my own room we do not have a tv only internet but when i go to my parents house they have tvs everywhere you look so how can you escape and all of them watch it...if i am around i change the channel to foodnetwork/lifestyle network...good right?
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
16 Dec 08
News are always negative. I prefer to watch cartoons with my son instead of hearing horrific terrible news.
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@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
yes you are very right..they give out negative information that will eventually make people panic and worried, i know that we are in the information age and media has been very influential in our daily lives but i can see the trend maybe not only in my country but they try to dominate and control...imagine and know that they are the ones who pick out the stories that they have to tell us every day and every night...don't you just get fed up?even the global crisis is a fabricated lie!
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
16 Dec 08
yes i do not like to see killings on tv especially when i am eating my dinner.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 Dec 08
Unfortunately the only TV program I watch is the nightly news. I want to know whats the latest news and what is going on around the world. I know news are history, once it reaches the newsroom it is a stale news but still I am a news addict. We should understand that the reporters are trained to create a catchy news as it is part of their duty to tell a half truth story to make it more exciting. More often the news show the worse situation in a war torn country but in reality the caption is only happening in certain areas but we are made to believe that the whole country is in turmoil. I am in communication with somebody in Israel and is given the first hand information of the real situation there. She was surprise to what I told her. Sometimes I forget that I am hearing a second rated news and more often I end up believing everything I see and hear on TV.
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
yes that is always the case and even here in my own country and that is why i do not like watching news...it makes me more nervous and worried.
@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
22 Jan 09
I have to agree with you. News these days are so subjective and too "showbizzy".
The more sensational the news the more exaggerated the networks do them. I guess, I just have to read or listen to other medium where I can get NEWS. 
