In which I express an opinion

[jamesmcgraw]

battle_kitten made a post earlier this week that I never got around to replying to, what with my busy life. Now that I'm having a slack day, I thought I may as well get around to it, especially in light of Certain Recent Events.

The question:

"Do you like to read newspapers/stay updated on current events? How much do you read/how indepth? What topics?

Comments

[distractogirl]

I don't read the newspapers, but my Dad does (The Times), and he generally relays anything world shattering to me. In return I watch the news headlines on BBC online and watch the 6 o'clock news on the TV on weekdays - I generally catch some news on the weekends, but not as regularly because I tend to be trying to avoid sports news. I agree that newspapers are in a decline as a way of getting serious news across with the clarity that maybe you would have expected in the past. I would just say this -

Jade Goody died yesterday, as I'm sure everybody now knows- I didn't know. Possibly because everyone who knows me knows how angry Jade Goody makes me, but also because I managed to miss the news yesterday. It's strange that I haven't been able to avoid her life, but it took almost a day for her death to reach me. I'd like to believe I was up to date with current events, but the fact that I miss things like Jade Goody and have to be told about the Dunblane Kids thing from a friend suggests that I should spend more time looking at the news

[battle_kitten]

Actually I'm glad that I did :)