Not ever... Not for many years... Not even on "Election Night".
I'd passionately encourage everyone to take a "News-Break" -- even for a little while.
As a result of not watching "The News": Once in a great while, the weather catches me off-guard. But, I live in San Francisco and: "If you don't like the weather in San Francisco - - cross the street.".
Since I don't watch "The News", it's been years (thankfully) since I had to sit through a C.S.I. script-worthy, graphically-detailed story of a real-life, violent crime with no "Happy Ending" and in which the perpetrator may or may not be in custody and/or dead.
The result of which: I sleep better.
Well - "better" being a relative term - I sleep "better" than I did when I would watch the news.
And, not watching "The News" also means that - occasionally - I don't hear about a truly news-worth story when it breaks. If it breaks.
The Incident: A racially-fueled protest that broke out at Ole 'Miss (The University of Mississippi) after President Obama won re-election.
Needless to say, I haven't a clue if the incident ever "broke" as a news-story in the national media or network news.
But, it's a story that's well worth your time.
Why? Because, this is no robotic, dispassionate announcement of some unfortunate event.
There is a very brief description of the protest. After which a small group of thoughtful citizens from different backgrounds engages in a calm, rational, meaningful discussion in which they offer some real-life, achievable actions - and describe, exactly, whom needs to take those actions - the result of which would be the initiation of change in some of those variables which lead to the protest.
This is what "The News" could... nay - Should be.
From Melissa Harris-Perry:
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