https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 12:57:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222420 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 08:32:23 +0000 mrsjyw 2222420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read most of my news and DH listens to the radio. We don't turn on the news at home much. We feel the same way as you do about the news these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222405 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 08:23:03 +0000 Ginabean3 2222405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like watching the news on TV anymore. I used to watch the news in the morning while I got ready for work but now that I stay home I don't. I prefer to read the news online. Then I can get to it on my own time and DD isn't exposed to it on TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222400 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 08:21:08 +0000 yoursilverlining 2222400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I listen to NPR on the way into work in the morning and check news online throughout the day. Yes, a lot of it is depressing, but I think it’s incredibly important to stay connected to what’s going on in the world. So many of the “big news items” are intertwined. If you’re tuning most everything out, you might not get the full, overall picture of everything that’s going on and why one thing/event is leading to others and really understand the ramifications. It’s like when people talk about the Emanuel AME Church shootings as being some isolated attack (or an attack not prompted by racism, cough*Fox News*cough) – it just isn’t. Same with ISIS – they didn’t come from nowhere, and they are not just another terrorist group. Why are they so successful? Why are they so successful at recruiting young American and European teenagers? The more we know, the better we understand – IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222357 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:35:32 +0000 Ree723 2222357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: Same here! I can't stand watching the news, even though the BBC has pretty great coverage and far less sensationalism than what I typically see on the major networks in the US, but it's still too depressing. </p> <p>I read BBC, CNN, and The Guardian online every day, whilst also glancing at a few other online papers, but that's it. I can't handle all the horror and sadness in the daily news anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222356 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:35:23 +0000 ms.line 2222356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel you! I still read a fair bit of news, but it tends to be from monthly periodicals like the Atlantic or New Yorker instead of "breaking news" headlines. The older I get, the more I find I'm overwhelmed and depressed by the evening news. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222338 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:15:01 +0000 littlebug 2222338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I listen to NPR. I find that I'm able to "disconnect" from it more if I'm not seeing photos/footage of whatever is happening. I feel informed but not engrossed, if that makes sense. If there's a news item I particularly want to read more about, I dig in on the internet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222293 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:36:45 +0000 lamariniere 2222293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read my news instead of watch it. I've always been a news junkie, but it does make me more emotional now that I have children. I always follow headlines and I read in-depth reporting in The New Yorker and the NYT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222292 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:33:08 +0000 sera_87 2222292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like social media because it often gives me a different perspective than what the "mainstream" deems newsworthy &amp; I can see what matters to people/what their opinions are through what they're retweeting. </p> <p>And satirical news (daily show etc). Who doesn't like a little laughter with their bowl of despair?</p> <p>Other than that, not my circus, not my monkeys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222290 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:13:09 +0000 ALV91711 2222290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to know what is going on in the world. I don't watch the news but I listen to it on the radio in the way to work, at least to get the headlines. DH keeps me mostly informed of anything major going on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222277 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 23:17:47 +0000 youboots 2222277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read online and catch the big events. I watch the news Once a month for weather events, elections etched. I don't like getting content delivered I can't control. I figure I will find out about big stuff somehow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222269 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:32:10 +0000 HLK208 2222269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep up with it...even if some of it makes me sad, I still believe there is good left. I pray for world peace daily. I teach my children how to love and accept others...and that's all I really can do for now :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222236 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 21:27:30 +0000 pinkb 2222236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read headlines but skip the news. I watch the morning news like Today but its after all the depressing stuff and mostly just on entertainment.<br /> In the last few years all the terrible things in the world have really started to trigger my anxiety so I tend to live in a bubble. Not good, I know, but necessary for my sanity at the moment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222208 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 20:51:54 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2222208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the same as you. I read vague headlines on FB and if something really important is happening there are usually several posts on it and often times someone posts about it here. That's the extent of my news intake. My brain just can't handle anymore input than its already getting at this point and time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222157 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:56:16 +0000 travellingbee 2222157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I listen to NPR because it isn't sensationalized. I used to like dramas but now all I can emotionally handle is comedies. I've got no energy for crying about fictional characters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222154 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:55:08 +0000 Mae 2222154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Peasinapod: yea I need a happy(ish) ending. I couldn't do game of thrones either because it was just soooo freaking depressing. But I love the crime dramas bc they always get the bad guy :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222149 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:52:33 +0000 Peasinapod 2222149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I did just finish binge watching 9 seasons of bones.. But I categorize that as lighthearted because they almost always catch the bad guy! Shows like game of thrones I can't stomach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222146 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:50:25 +0000 Truth Bombs 2222146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I much prefer reading my news to watching the news. Not some emotionally jarring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222145 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:49:10 +0000 Mae 2222145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Peasinapod: weirdly enough, I mostly like murder mysteries! But maybe because the bad guy always gets caught? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222140 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:44:29 +0000 Mamasig 2222140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really don't follow the news at all. Yes, it's pretty uneducated of me but I don't have the time, energy, or interest at this point in my life. I glance at the local news and that's about it. But it's so very depressing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222138 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:42:48 +0000 Peasinapod 2222138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read the news fairly often and I like to stay up to date that way. I don't really like the sensational nature of televised news.</p> <p>I find I have zero interest in depressing fiction. I like to read and watch upbeat lighthearted books and shows for this reason. Enough horror in the real world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222133 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:33:47 +0000 mrscobee 2222133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really watch the news for this reason :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-philosophy-on-bad-news#post-2222123 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:15:18 +0000 Mae 2222123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was in college and law school I was incredibly up on all current events, good and bad, and followed pretty much all the horrible things that happened in the world and at home. We even had a "game" amongst my roommates and I where we'd watch the 10 o'clock local news every night and bet on how many people they'd talk about being murdered before the first commercial break. </p> <p>And it was so f'ing depressing. </p> <p>Seriously? I can't do anything about it. I know, I know... it only takes one person to make a change and if no one cares... blah blah blah. I get that. And I do remain vaguely aware of what is happening in the world and at home, but I don't have the emotional capacity to follow it anymore. </p> <p>I don't know what is going on with the ISIS attacks beyond generally who they are and that they have been attacking. I didn't follow the hunt for the murderers beyond being aware they'd escaped and have now been captured/killed. I didn't follow the hunt for that white guy who killed all the people in that church a few week ago. I just... can't. </p> <p>I still have my ideals/beliefs but I feel like focusing so much energy on keeping up with the bad shit happening in the world makes me a less happy person, so I just don't anymore. Even though sometimes I feel dumb because I don't know as much about current events as most people. </p> <p>Wondering how others feel about all the bad news out there and if I'm the only one who sort of aims to remain at least a bit ignorant to all the details. </p>