I always seem to leave the news-world entirely whenever something big happens. The twin towers disaster put me off news for years. I started paying a little more attention when I took Global Trends, but then there was a presidential election and everyone was yelling and I didn't really have an informed opinion. I wasn't doing too well on news this summer, although being in Britain actually helped instead of hurting my situation because many of the people we stayed with watched televised news (which I found sadly antiquated, but kind of fun). Then I moved to Boston, lost touch with the world for a few days, and a hurricaine hit. I lost all motivation to pay attention to the news when I realized all of it was sounding the same. And people were yelling again.
I've kept CNN.com (international edition) as my homepage through most of this, with a brief switch to BBCnews under the influence of Dr. Haddad. What I really like about CNN, though, are the little stories about Kiwi lawmakers running through town naked, and exploding whales, and space missions.
I like my method of only paying attention to things that are fun, or that directly affect me, but I know it's selfish. I think I'm ready now to sacrifice my own peace of mind for the opportunity to share an enlightened opinion of events with my fellow human beings. So I bought a New York Times today, outwardly it was so Laura could read the David Brooks column (that those bastards have recently begun charging money for online) and I could do the crossword, but really it was so that, eventually, I could take over the world.
Posted by linnea at September 30, 2005 8:59 AMI'm with you.
Though I haven't quite succumbed to paying MONEY for the NYTimes. I'm finding that it's way more hip in the Northeast to be up on current events. Down in Louisiana, it was like the rest of the world didn't exist.
Posted by: Jeannette at September 30, 2005 9:15 AMJust read fark.com and have done with it. Lots of exploding whales, and they'll still let you know when something really important happens, frequently a lot faster than any MSM sites will.
Posted by: ryan at October 2, 2005 9:37 PM