are you a news watcher ?
By laken02
@laken02 (3065)
United States
March 15, 2012 4:54pm CST
are you a news watcher ? do you have a certain news station that you like ? do you have to watch the news every day ? i love the news and seeing what is going on in the world around me, when i was younger i use to hate my parents watching the news every night.. i was like why do we have to watch this every night.. but now that im older and understand im a news watcher myself.. i watch it from 5 to 7 then i watch wheel fortune and jeporady.. just kinda a routine i got into.. do you watch news..
i watch the one that tells me the stuff that happens backhome where im from i enjoy hearing whats going on back there..
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14 responses
@else22 (4317)
• India
16 Mar 12
Yes, I watch news twice or thrice everyday. It makes me aware of everything that is going on around me. Without watching news I feel there is something that I am missing. As a child I did not watch news. Later on,I don't remember when,I started taking interest in it and now it has become a part of my daily routine.
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@laken02 (3065)
• United States
16 Mar 12
i dont watch it every day, just most days, i like to hear whats happening in my home town so any news i hear from there is great, but i do not watch news on sat or sunday at all it just seems weird to do so. and watching it mon-fri is plenty enough news for me..
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
16 Mar 12
No I'm not a new's watcher at all. I don't really like the news its always about what is the most shocking things to get a reaction out of people. They also always just tell you half of what the story is and not the whole thing. If ever watch the news its for the weather. But mostly I just look the weather up online instead of turning the tv to get it.
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@laken02 (3065)
• United States
16 Mar 12
i always turn it on at 5 and i watch the 5 and then 6 oclock news, i have one station that reports on my hometown and what is happening there and i watch it for that reason why i watch it at 5 then 6 watching it twice i dont know im usually on the computer when the tv is on anyhow so i just catch bits and peices anyhow
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
18 Mar 12
At least you enjoy it I don't. It makes me want to sleep and fallow a sleep like when I read.
@yanzalong (18983)
• Indonesia
16 Mar 12
I don't watch it but read it since I am more on the go. I use my mobile phone to read news. I visit yahoo or other news websites to keep tabs on it. It's great to have a phone with good browser.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
16 Mar 12
i never ever got on the web with my phone, i did try once and it felt odd and
hard to do, and very hard to read such a little screen, my daughter gets onine all the time and she has no problem but i chose not to pay the extra for interent as i did not like it...
@alicia812 (646)
• Australia
16 Mar 12
I love watching news. I make sure to watch news
whenever I get a chance. Although I am a very
busy mom and wife, thus, stay at home most of the
times, I don't have much time though to devote
watching television. But at night after dinner
I turn the television on and watch the night news.
It's like reviewing everything that happened in
that day.
The first thing I do when I wake up at 5am in the
morning is turn the television on Weather Channel
for the weather news. 
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@laken02 (3065)
• United States
17 Mar 12
wow i could not imagine getting up at 5 am there is no way i could do that, i have not done that since i was im high school wow.. i sometimes dont even go to bed begroe 3 am.. last night i got in bed a little earlier but since i have been on my medication upped i have had trouble lately getting up at all.. but tonight i start on a lwer dose hopefully this will help me.. we usualy get up betweeen 9 and 11 am
@sanofer (525)
• India
16 Mar 12
i am a regular news watcher and i love to know what is happening around me in this global village. i want to be an updated person and i will never miss watching news at least once a day. i use to watch about politics,sports and some international news. my favorite news channel is bbc. it is really a good habit to watch news because many interview questions are based on current happenings only.
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@laken02 (3065)
• United States
17 Mar 12
i usualy watch it every night but i was doing something else tonight and i missed it im trying to watch the update now catching the late edition.. then it will come on again at 11.. it is 1030 now so i have [lenty of time.. hopefully i will get to see what the weather is going to be tommorrow that is what i care about most..
@victorkrish (1614)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 12
I glad to comment your topic again and again, laken. I often watch news every night. I craved to know news rather than read from internet or newspaper. I more interest in getting know news about sports.
I feel some fun getting news from television. Sometime that watching better than listening. I must say that television is one one of the most important invention in transform information. It is can be considered as unlimited source of information. 
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
16 Mar 12
thanks for replying , as i value your imput as well.. i have got into a habit of watching tv and being on the interent at the same time, but i only get half of what is on tv, so if im watching days of our lives my soaps lol i will have to stay offline for that as i tryed to do that today online and it did not work i kept just getting half of the show and i had to restart the recording 3 or 4 times and i got very aggrivated.. its not ,like the news that i dont care if i just catch half of it.. i just listen for something that sparks my interest.. unlike days where i need to pay attention or miss out...so tomm i will watch days with out being online..
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
15 Mar 12
I like to listen to the news on the radio before I get out of bed, then I like to have the News on the TV while I am checking my emails and such then I like to watch the evening News..I think it is good to keep up with what is happening in the world.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
15 Mar 12
you sound like me , i like to be the one telling the news to other people instead of hearing it from someone else and sure enough if i miss the news one day sonthing big will happen and i will get a call saying oh did you hear about waht happende and i have to say no what.. so i try to watch it every night and its just a routine i got into
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Mar 12
Since I have to work in the day time. When I am home, I have to take care of our son and meanwhile do some housework. Therefore, actually I don't have more spare time to watch TV. Sometimes I will also watch the news at about 6:30pm for a while. But I must turn it off when it is time for dinner. I like to watch the news to know what happens in the world. Although today most of my information comes online.
I love China
@Woody7189 (247)
• United States
17 Mar 12
I am not a major news watcher, but I do try and watch a little bit of news each day so that I know what is happening around the world. I don't have a specific channel or source that I turn to for the news, I think they are all bias one way or another. I watch all of them to see their take, usually the truth lies somewhere in between. It is better to hear all points of view and form my own opinions. That's how I handle the news.
@success1625 (533)
• Trinidad And Tobago
15 Mar 12
No, it depresses me. Murders, Natural disaster, Bad economy, Corruption,Scandal in the government. At least that's how the news goes in my country.
I'm oftentimes kept apprised of what's happening via a radio talk show I listen to everyday, but outside of that I don't bother. I don't even bother to buy newspapers, cause the stories there doesn't differ from the television news feed.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
15 Mar 12
ypur right the news can be very depressing, i never ever listen to a radio at home, my husband plays one when he takes a shower for music, drives me nuts every day, i do listen to the radio in the car .. but i would rather hear the news on tv then my radio, i also love to watch this one news guy when it storms outside he gets so excited and does not hide it.. hhe loves it when bad weather comes that is when he does his best job and he is very good at it.. i love watching him during a storm.. i always watch news when its stroming outside.. just got use to the noise on there.. sometimes i just turn it on and dont even watch it if im onine but i like the noise to keep me compsany a sim home alone until 12 at night..
@hetharia44 (63)
• United States
16 Mar 12
Yes, I watch news. I like tto turn on CNN & FOX, I just do not spend much time anymore to watch news. I read news paper too, they are almost preaty much the same. News paper more detail in someway.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
16 Mar 12
im glad to hear you like the news after some responses i was beginning to think i was the only one who watched it anymore.. i agree with why they dont watch it but i like to know first hand what is going on daily and i hardly ever pick up a news paper at all.. as i dont like to read that well..
@maratus (184)
• Indonesia
16 Mar 12
Yeah, I am like you too. When I was still young I hate my father when he watch news program that Make me have to watch it. He said it's important to know news whether national or international. Because it can increase your knowledge and you gonna be smarter again. That's all my father always said. That's why I always watch news program when I have time..., It's kinda habit for me right now...,
@god_is_good (683)
• Philippines
15 Mar 12
I am not a news watcher most of the time but I watch when I have some spare time. I can hear the news on radio or read newspapers but not on a daily basis. Being up-to-date is good when you are using it for something productive. However, too much news, especially the negative ones will influence the way we think and act in some degree. One millionaire said to me that while I'm broke, I should not watch too much news.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
15 Mar 12
i kniow you are right, watching the news can put you in a bad moood becasue usualy they only tell bad stuff.. but i wwas always one to want to know what is going on in my neighborhood.. and since i dont have a police scanner .. i watch the news.. and i learn quite a bit about stuff from watching the news, even sports which i use to hate.. but now i want to know how far our ballteam uk wildcats is going
and i espically will turn the news on if its stroming outside to see what there predicting to come my way so i can be prepared..
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
16 Mar 12
i hate reading the news paper, as i hate to read, i tryed to get a book once from the libraty it was a romance and i liked it too much lol and never got anythign done i could not put it down so i read 3 or 4 more and finally i had to stop and get my hosuework caught up.. if o do read it ahs to be a soft back book i wont read hardback i know that funny.. but it has to fit my hands good.. but my daughter loves to read she will read anything every time she comes in we go to lib she checks out 3 or 4 books and reads then before she goes back.. wish i loved to read but will stick to my tv..
