the "NEWS"...

Yesterday our restaurant was closed due to a leaking pipe of some sort. The sort that caused us to close for business for the day. Today didn't look any better at the start either. The reason I mention this is that when my "significant other" Frank isn't working he is obsessed with the TV... not just the TV but the talking "Heads" kind of TV (the news) and old movies. Sometimes I am amazed at how many times he can watch the those old classics just like he was seeing them for the first time. As he says: they don't make them like they used too!
Since my home is of the small variety I can't seem to get away from the sound of the TV unless I go to bed. I also need to mention that I do not watch ANY news programs, local or national anymore. I once read a book on health by Andrew Weil M.D. that suggested people need to take a break from the news. It would do a soul good to get away from the gloom and doom for a little news vacation. I found that for me he was completely right. What news I do get is from the Internet, the kind where you can choose what you read or educate yourself about. No bleeding heart stories for me. If I want to feel bad all I need to do is look around me, someone has it worse than I ever have. There is so much sadness and suffering in our own backyards we don't need to watch the news to feel bad. Someone is always dying, someone is always sick. The list goes on and on. I get up every day and am grateful that I do. If I am feeling down and want to feel better about myself I call downtown to the Red Cross Apheresis center and make an appointment to make a donation of plasma and platelets. I look at the pictures of all those who will benefit from my gift and fill such an overwhelming since of contributing and gratefulness. If I have a friend that is in need of some sort I make sure I offer whatever I have that would be of help to them. I make sure I touch peoples lives that touch mine in a good way and at the end of the day I feel pretty good about the day and look forward to tomorrow.
So after spending a day and a half with the TV going non stop I came to the realization that it is no wonder Frank is a GRUMP! He is being feed the most depressing information a person can consume and not just once, he channels surfs! GLOOM AND DOOM INC. should be the name of some of them. What I wonder is where did all of these experts come from??? For every left opinion there is a right opinion and if that isn't enough there is the middle ground. It really isn't the "NEWS" anymore its really programs about all of the EXPERT OPINOINIST that are out there.
If people believe what they are lead to believe from ALL the different OPINIONS that all the EXPERTS are spouting at them they might as well go to bed and never get out. What surprises me the most is how many EXPERTS there are out there? No wonder our economy is in the pits, our biggest employer seems to be the media! What do these experts do to earn their money???
Its not bad enough that we had to listen to one or two at a time they now have views that have more than 8-10 people across your screen. Each one scrambling to be heard over the others. Who can understand one thing that comes out of their mouths???? Still talking about bad news that happened months and months ago that they just keep rehashing like its going to change the outcome?
I can't take it anymore. Frank has got to go to work or I will go to bed and never get out....