News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier

Re:News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make ... by podperson on Monday April 15, 2013 @02:13AM (#5550039)

Seems like the article is true for "bad" news -- e.g. Daily newspapers, cable news, and nightly news (which I have gone without for over ten years). Most of the criticisms of news in the article do not apply to the news sources I consume, although perhaps they shouldn't be called news so as to avoid confusion.

My favorite is the New Yorker, which frequently breaks major stories despite being (or because it is) a weekly with long lead times. Similarly, The Daily Show usually does a better job of providing context than "serious" news broadcasts.

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Re:News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make ... by bbbhn on Monday April 15, 2013 @02:36AM (#5550105)

Are you serious? The Daily Show is no more "news" than Hannity is.

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Re:News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make ... by podperson on Monday April 15, 2013 @07:19PM (#5555149)

I've never watched Hannity so I really can't make an informed reply. There's no question that the Daily Show has a Liberal point of view, but there's a difference between having a point of view and intellectual dishonesty. Humor is a trap in portraying the truth because the funny thing may not be the true thing, but it's less of a trap than the Cable news cycle.

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