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You Cannot Turn it Off: News Addiction

Posted by michael on from the modern-crack dept.

BizangoBob writes: "In this time of madness, I find myself staying up later than usual, watching more tv than ever before, tracking more channels, with more open browser windows than even I did before. As though KNOWING more will somehow help. There's a great piece about news addiction in the Washington Post. It made me feel I'm not the only one."

5 of 487 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Religion is to blame by dangermouse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What fool modded this as "insightful"?

  2. Reports of his death are greatly exaggerated by Froobly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just searched every reputable news site I could thing of for details of Stephen King's death. There was not a single mention.

    What is it with Stephen King that makes people so quick to pronounce him dead? I find this to be in terribly poor taste.

  3. I ain't smoke no crack by voudras · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I ain't smoke no crack in two hours.

  4. Stephen King, author, hoaxed at 54 by feed_me_cereal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Stephen king's official site, as well as some fan sites and his radio station's site, say nothing of this. I would think they would be the first to display the news, probably with some sort of memorial. Man, its just hoax-o-rama right now, isn't it.

    --
    "Question with boldness even the existence of a god." - Thomas Jefferson
  5. Re:called in sick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Treat Arab-Americans with respect. Treat terrorists with disdain, etc. Let law enforcement agencies decide who is suspicious and who isn't."


    Excellent point. The sporadic reports of twerps beating up American Muslims and idiots calling in telephone threats to American Mosques should make everyone sick.

    We need all the solidarity we can muster in anticipation of whatever the President is going to do to retaliate against these fucking low-lifes hiding like the fucking animals they are in the mountains of Afghanistan.