Does not watching the news make you happier?

[North Cardiff Blue]

Or for most on here less miserable?

Has anyone tried a month or two complete news block?

[Sunnysideup]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Sometimes I go for days without looking at the news and to answer your question YES it does make you happier.
I didn’t find out about our new manager appointment until the Tuesday or Wednesday lol 😂
But that’s just me
My daughter hates watching the news so perhaps it’s hereditary??
I was on Holiday in Greece last month and didn’t miss a thing back home
I’m not on any social media but people know what’s happening before any of the journo’s get to the scene 👍

[NYCBlue]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Probably. I have a ten-year-old girl and I have to wait for her to go to bed before watching the news because there's so much ****ed up shit going on.

[Moodybluebird]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Or for most on here less miserable ????????????

After Brexit, Covid and then the war in Ukraine if you're still watching the news you must be a glutton for punishment. I used to like keeping abreast of current affairs but watching the news in recent times became so depressing. The remote control became my best friend lol

[Dave Blue]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Totally agree that it can get you down. Personally though I find people who switch off and say they are not interested are more annoying than the news itself.

[NYCBlue]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

After Brexit, Covid and then the war in Ukraine if you're still watching the news you must be a glutton for punishment. I used to like keeping abreast of current affairs but watching the news in recent times became so depressing. The remote control became my best friend lol

Throw in school shootings, abortion bans, systemic racism and far-right politics and it gets pretty bleak. Fox News, owned by Rupert Murdoch has actually done significant damage to this country.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Sometimes I go for days without looking at the news and to answer your question YES it does make you happier.
I didn’t find out about our new manager appointment until the Tuesday or Wednesday lol ��
But that’s just me
My daughter hates watching the news so perhaps it’s hereditary??
I was on Holiday in Greece last month and didn’t miss a thing back home
I’m not on any social media but people know what’s happening before any of the journo’s get to the scene ��

Agreed I've cut it back to the bare minimum, I watched five minutes last night and thought sod this no more for a month, I will probably flick over news headlines but sod watching the news, it's the same old news day after day anyway.

[J R Hartley]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Stopped watching when the covid daily updated get tedious and the lies were pouring out of Boris and his gang.

Then got rid of my Sky Q box and just watch streaming platforms / IPTV so unless im over my mothers I never see the news anyway.

Far better for the mental health avoiding the news, especially under this shit show of a government.

[Moodybluebird]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Agreed I've cut it back to the bare minimum, I watched five minutes last night and thought sod this no more for a month, I will probably flick over news headlines but sod watching the news, it's the same old news day after day anyway.

My missus used to be addicted to the 24 hour BBC News channel but after many years she's finally kicked the habit and like you will now give it about 5, maybe 10 minutes tops unless there's some news article that piques her interest. I find it absolutely soul destroying nowadays and not good for anyone's mental health.

[NYCBlue]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

My missus used to be addicted to the 24 hour BBC News channel but after many years she's finally kicked the habit and like you will now give it about 5, maybe 10 minutes tops unless there's some news article that piques her interest. I find it absolutely soul destroying nowadays and not good for anyone's mental health.

My mother-in-law used to watch CNN all day. Just an endless carousel of talking heads going over the same shit.

[The Bloop]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

I like the idea of not watching the news, but equally I don't want to miss out on anything, so generally see some every day.
Working at home aswell it's easy to have the news on in the background.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Watched the BBC 'News' the other day for the 1st time in years. Same with all mainstream channels. If I need 'news' per se, I tend to watch Al Jazeera or similar. You actually get news as opposed to a magazine style programme aiming for millenials..

[NYCBlue]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

I like the idea of not watching the news, but equally I don't want to miss out on anything, so generally see some every day.
Working at home aswell it's easy to have the news on in the background.

I actually prefer listening to it on the radio. But I do watch it most days. Either BBC World News America or PBS. PBS can be a bit grim. They'll do in-depth reports that are 7 or 8 minutes long. Most of it is not happy stuff.

[superfeathers]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

Since Covid hit, my "go to" if I'm looking to put something on tv is bbc news. When I'm on my own that is, mrs and kids switch it off instantly
and have LBC on in the background more often than not.
Not much pisses me off more than when people tell me a half story that's barely true or that has been twisted via facebook
but those people are probably happier for it

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Does not watching the news make you happier?

I never connect my TV's to an aerial.