Give the news a rest.

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Among today’s news reports much has been made of the demise of Ted Turner, the man credited with bringing about the monster that is 24 hour live news streaming. This is something that should be regretted rather than celebrated. It is an odious intrusion into human life and needs to be switched off. Is the news really that important that it needs to run continually? Are hourly updates not sufficient? Does repeating the details of an event ad nauseam make it any more important? And the newscasters who have to try continually to make what they already said five minutes before seem fresh, new and urgent are fighting a losing battle, but no-one has told them. And what is being reported isn’t that important anyway, it’s only seen as important because we’ve been told it is important - and so many suckers have fallen for it. It’s important to know what’s going on in the world, but not on a 24 hour drip feed like you’re on intravenous antibiotics. Constant coverage only serves to numb the listeners, and it’s not helpful - it’s a sensationalist curse. Turn it off. Will you, or are you an addict colluding in the perpetuation of all the nonsense?