Being scared to death is no longer limited to Halloween! The news media is now on top of it. They can keep you posted on the immediate dangers that lurk right under your nose. How about: “9 ways you could mess up this tax season. These mistakes could wind up costing you money or attracting unwanted attention from the IRS”.
Of course there are other things that can make them relevant in your life. There is the report that cell-phones can keep you awake. I need to pay more attention; I’ve been sleeping well lately, so this is disturbing! It seems that where you keep your phone at night makes the difference. Cell-phones if they are too close to you, will keep you awake! If that is not enough, cell-phone use can cause your brain to fry, or become cancerous!
Then there is the question of what we eat, what is really bad for you, that “May” cause harm. An ambulance may be harmful to your health. (Just lay under it when it backs out.) Red food dye, certain preservatives, animal fat and the list goes on and on, just to announce what “experts” have recently found. I can’t remember how many times coffee has fallen out of favor, then became beneficial to me through the course of the last 50 years. Right now, red wine and chocolate is very much in favor, so watch out how much of that you consume, because the statute of limitations is about to expire!
There are always your medications to be scrutinized. Now here is a field that is exploited by the media to instill fear into our hearts and minds! “Leading experts say…” and so it goes on. They never quote the experts that don’t agree.
My question is: Is the media reporting strictly informative or just a lure to get you to watch at 11:00 PM? And have you noticed, all this occurs at either 10 or 11 PM?
1 comment:
I rarely watch the news any more Joe. Contrary to Johnny Mercer's good advice, they accentuate the negative. Feel the sun on your face, drink red wine, and blog your socks off.
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