To: Howlin
"When I was in Florida last week, visiting close friends, they seem to be stuck in the "No News Zone," preferring to watch game shows all day long." Its amazing how many people are in the ostrich mode. I have close friends, mostly female, who will turn the TV to another channel if they hear anything at all that has to do with terrorism or any type of violence. The worst part about all of this is I would be willing to bet they are not in the minority.
To: JustAnAmerican
It's downright scary, isn't it? I mean, these people are educated. The worst part is, they seem perfectly will to take MY interpretation of everything. If I told them to vote for Nader, they would!
590 posted on
05/22/2002 1:01:50 PM PDT by
Howlin
To: JustAnAmerican
Its amazing how many people are in the ostrich mode. I have close friends, mostly female, who will turn the TV to another channel if they hear anything at all that has to do with terrorism or any type of violence. The worst part about all of this is I would be willing to bet they are not in the minority. My wife has always turned the channel whenever the news comes on.
It's not because she wants to be uninformed -- she asks about current events when she talks to her friends (and me).
The real reason she avoids TV/radio news like the plague is because she can't stand to see all the stupidity in the world. It pisses her off.
595 posted on
05/22/2002 1:04:38 PM PDT by
Dan Day
To: JustAnAmerican
Its amazing how many people are in the ostrich mode. I have close friends, mostly female, who will turn the TV to another channel if they hear anything at all that has to do with terrorism or any type of violence. The worst part about all of this is I would be willing to bet they are not in the minority. Occasionally, I will do this myself. It's so easy to overload on information, sometimes you just have to take a break from it. I get updates on Fox & Friends before I go to work, and I figure if anything REALLY earth-shattering happens, like another terrorist attack in the US, they'll interrupt regular programming to tell me. But sometimes you just need to take a break and get some mindless entertainment.
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