Twenty-Eight Minutes to Forget

"And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen *

I recently read an article entitled Why You Should Stop Reading News and while I don't agree with everything presented, it had me considering what a subtle mind trap it can be.

I usually consume an hour or less of news each day whether it be from television, print or online media and, for me, it's probably well beyond anything beneficial.  

I know friends and family members that take in hours upon hours of classically presented news from either heavily-slanted left or right sources and it's almost as if they are, at times, transformed from rationality, kindness and sensibility. I do know that we are changed by what we choose as sustenance and it appears to extend well into our emotional selections.

At the end of most half-hour network newscasts there are often small storylines (two minutes at best) which depict the best of humankind.  They are pleasing and leave me with a much better sense of place. It just makes me wonder why so few resources are devoted to finding good in one another.





* From: "Hello in There", John Prine