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wickerwoman

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12. What annoys me is "What do we tell our kids?"
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:21 AM
Dec 2012

Umm... how about nothing. They're kids. Why are they paying any attention to the news in the first place?

My parents wouldn't have let me watch the news until I was 12 or 13 but it didn't matter as I never had any real desire to watch it. I remember the Challenger disaster when I was 9 or 10 because the teachers at my school brought a TV into the classroom and made a big deal out of it. After that I think the first news story I actively followed under my own steam was the first Gulf War when I was 14 or 15.

What's really offensive is not just the tragedy porn but the implication that we should all be involving our kids in the tragedy porn to somehow "make them feel better" about something they wouldn't otherwise have known anything about.

If I get tired of it Chipper Chat Dec 2012 #1
See, I don't think it's healthy that we have to do this Locut0s Dec 2012 #4
I don't mind it that much because I'm not watching it hour after hour... cynatnite Dec 2012 #2
I'm not watching it hour after hour but it's almost the only thing on the news and I know that... Locut0s Dec 2012 #3
No hate from me, I agree. nt Raine Dec 2012 #5
I am with you Egnever Dec 2012 #6
KR. I find it pornographic, disrespectful, and FAKE. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #7
Same here. Not watching. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #10
I haven't either except for the initial reports. once the talking heads got in there it turned into HiPointDem Dec 2012 #11
Fake? BainsBane Dec 2012 #15
i object to nancy-grace-syle journalism, which is prurient pornography marketed as 'concern'. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #16
Uhh Nancy Grace, *shudder* don't mention that name. nt Locut0s Dec 2012 #17
The performances by the various media personalities Mariana Dec 2012 #18
You know... FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #19
I don't watch the network coverage for day to day news and I avoid it completely Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #8
I agree. Ever see the tv movie "Special Bulletin"? uppityperson Dec 2012 #9
What annoys me is "What do we tell our kids?" wickerwoman Dec 2012 #12
+1. it reminds me of the creepy psychologists on 'hoarders'. "Oh but you must discuss this HiPointDem Dec 2012 #13
I agree. Disgusting is the right word. I don't watch plethoro Dec 2012 #14
Further to your point about 'false emotions,' I don't recall seeing one media broadcast coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #20
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