The news is not good. And it goes on and on for a really long time. The local news starts at 4:00 pm around here. At 5:00 there's another hour of local news, followed by a third hour of local news at 6:00pm. The national news comes on at 7:00 and lasts for 30 minutes.
Last night the headlines ranged from the sentencing of a woman recently found guilty of abusing and murdering her adopted children, to the beating of a middle school student in response to a text message she sent. Not really a cheery way to end the day.
When I was younger the local news was 15 minutes long and the national news took up the other 15 minutes to total 30 minutes of program time. After sitting through a pretty depressing few hours of news that seems just about right to me.
12 hours ago
But you like the weather, right? Is it going to rain on Friday?
ReplyDeleteI know that news can be so depressing at times. I'm sad to say I only watch the morning news for about 10 minutes to see the weather report.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your title...No News...so I read the paper. That way I can pick and choose. I especially like the sentence, "...and the local news starts at 4:00 p.m. around here." The "around here" and the homey feel resonated with me.
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