A human being doesn’t have the capacity to grieve for each human on Earth individually. It has to blow a fuse sooner or later.
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You just nailed the problem with 24 hour news and social media. Sensory overload. You’re right. Humans are not designed to be assaulted with bad news 24 hours a day with the meter set constantly to 11, but that is what the MSM has been pushing in a desperate attempt at attracting viewers.
The result has been the opposite. People are switching them off in increasing numbers, and that’s a good thing, not just for their sanity but to avoid the barrage of daily B.S. about every day being an unprecedented disaster. It’s not.
The best thing that could happen would be for the so-called 24 news shows to burn themselves out of existence. It does seem they are well on the way.
My biggest fear is a Trump impeachment. It would give every cable news channel around the clock programming, and record revenues from advertising.
Trump is enough of a street fighter that he'd never be convicted in the Senate, but daily hearings, followed by "analysis" by "experts" will fill the airwaves.
OTOH, I have noticed that Democrat leaders are starting to tap the breaks, even after Cohen flipped on Trump. Their internal polling must be telling them to tread very carefully.
I've personally gone from being a news junky to so repelled by it all that I rarely watch TV these days. The internet and Rush are now able to fill my news requirements.
A person can only take so much.
“The result has been the opposite. People are switching them off in increasing numbers...”
Yes, and I am encouraged by that. It’s still too early to declare victory, though.