[kevwil]

I stopped watching/reading "the news" years ago, for these reasons:

1) Negativity / Tragedy "sells" better than good news 2) The facts have taken a back seat to sensationalism and celebrity worship and opinion 3) There are only a handful of mega-corporations running all the "news" and deciding what to show/tell vs. what to hide/ignore.

What irks me most is that I now have to choose between A) being my own investigative report when a topic is important enough, or B) giving in to not knowing the truth. Being lazy and stupid is not a good plan forward, but being well-informed requires time I usually don't have to spend. Thanks, "news" industry.