Like TNG said... This is one of the reasons I like it here, and deleted my Reddit account over a year ago. Reddit is all flash of the moment news, current events, calls to action, politics, and outrage that lasts a week. It was frustrating and kind of unhealthy. There's SOME news here, and I've posted maybe 1 or 2 links of it, but for the most part it seems like mostly positive things get posted here. Me, for example, I mostly just post space/science articles I find interesting. There's a lot of long and in-depth reads that get posted here and I love that. I'd rather read 20 pages about economics and a post-work world theories, than 3 paragraphs about what some republican said about abortion/gays/rape that doesn't live in my state and doesn't matter to me and pretend to be mad. It's pointless. I like it here, specifically because it's not all "Obama did this, CISPA is back, Republicans are dumb, bad person does bad things to other people, the sky is falling", etc. I peak at Google news maybe once a day for like 15-30 minutes, but mine is mostly customized around science/technology/space, but at least I'll know if anything major happens in the news. Otherwise, I really prefer to distance myself from it. I used to think it matter, or that being well read on current events on news made me "smart", but in hindsight I don't feel that way anymore. It just made me a little less happy, and took up time that I could be doing more positive things with instead of reading about the 105th threatening statement from North Korea this month. I do however, absolutely LOVE my "Southern Suburbs Sun" that I get here where I live, it's literally just stuff from my local city and it's surrounding area, and mostly about new city codes, events, meetings going on, municipal politics, and things that might ACTUALLY effect me as a resident and tax payer. Otherwise, if anything REALLY important or groundbreaking or life threatening happens... I'm sure I'll find out about it somewhere without constantly hitting refresh on news sites all day... Also, I found the top comment on that article hilarious... Says the guy reading a news article on The Guardian... and follows it up with... Right...There's not a lot of "news" on Hubski.
As I have said several times, I read none of them. Too partisan. Better up to date news available electronically.
Radio, television, internet are better media than newspapers. That was my point.
Hmm. Remember there's news and then there's "news." I happen to hold the opinion that a citizen of America and the world to an extent owes it to themselves and to their government to be informed on what you dismiss as "current events." There are unique geo-political situations playing out in several different parts of the world that I like to post about because frankly, if you don't know what's going on in Syria or Japan or the Eurozone right now, I feel sorry for you. Etc. I get what you're saying about reddit current events as opposed to straight factual summaries of world happenings, though. And of course hubski's stated purpose is more about the discourse than it is about the articles.
I said I read Google news, and I know what's going on with Syria, Japan, the Eurozone, etc. I would consider those pretty major things, and like I said, those are pretty hard to miss. I'm talking about the petty stuff that I mentioned that I don't care to read or spend time digging through a new site for. Ten minutes on a news site tells me about the major things that are important. If I care to know more, I can find and research more in-depth articles about the subject elsewhere. I guess what I meant was I'm not a "news junky" in the sense that I go through article after article about the same subject or sit on news sites all day, or engage in online discussions about it (try to avoid anyway). So perhaps I worded it wrong. I definitely know what's going on in the world, but I guess, like the article said, "I can't influence those things, and those things have no effect on me". People do need to know what's going on, but I think some people become to obsessed and worked up about it.a citizen of America and the world to an extent owes it to themselves and to their government to be informed on what you dismiss as "current events."
Oh, I missed the Google News bit. That was the impersonal 'you' in my post, of course. I'm not your description of a news junky, I don't think, but I'm not you, either. Not sure where that leaves me. The world is a big, crazy place, and there's always something new to learn. Further, it's ridiculous to claim that world events have no effect on us. Some don't, most do, directly or indirectly.but I guess, like the article said, "I can't influence those things, and those things have no effect on me".
Most insane part of the article, I thought. You can't influence America's East Asia policy, no, but a) you can't influence anything if you don't know about it, and b) there are many parts of the news that citizens can and do influence every day. An informed populace is a dictator's worst nightmare for a reason. So I have no idea what he was talking about.