usmbguest5318
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Do you keep Fox, CNBC, CNN, or MSNBC (one, all or none) on in your office during the day? I do. I keep the sound low, but I have the telly on all day when I'm in the office. For the most part, the only thing news channels seem to present is politics: things various politicians say, protests, Trump "whatever," etc.. Yes, occasionally there are a few spectacular events that also get reported: major weather events, a tornado taking out a trailer park in the middle of nowhere, terrorist events and other murderous violence, a plane crash, and so on.
What about all the other stuff that's going on in the world? A quick look at Google's news page shows there's plenty other stuff to talk about.
But what I like and what you like to see in the news isn't the point of this post/thread. The point is that we shouldn't have to go to specialized websites to get news that doesn't have to do with politics or calamity. The world is not so boring a place that there isn't plenty of stuff to report on, especially during the middle of workday. After all, most people get their news either in the morning before work or in the evening after work. There's rarely, if ever, anything a politician says or does in the middle of the day that one needs to know about the instant it happens. It's high time the 24/7 news networks find some additional content. Isn't that supposed to be the benefit of having news 24/7? Shouldn't we be informed about more than just politics? At the very least, how about doing six to ten minute segments that present whole stories in detail, even if they must be political in nature?
What about all the other stuff that's going on in the world? A quick look at Google's news page shows there's plenty other stuff to talk about.
- Science news
- Entertainment news
- Technology news
- Business news (I mostly watch CNBC during the day and click over to the news networks periodically)
But what I like and what you like to see in the news isn't the point of this post/thread. The point is that we shouldn't have to go to specialized websites to get news that doesn't have to do with politics or calamity. The world is not so boring a place that there isn't plenty of stuff to report on, especially during the middle of workday. After all, most people get their news either in the morning before work or in the evening after work. There's rarely, if ever, anything a politician says or does in the middle of the day that one needs to know about the instant it happens. It's high time the 24/7 news networks find some additional content. Isn't that supposed to be the benefit of having news 24/7? Shouldn't we be informed about more than just politics? At the very least, how about doing six to ten minute segments that present whole stories in detail, even if they must be political in nature?
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