I recently had a dream. I was living on some island at the far edge of the world, where the sky chased itself through a mirage of pink clouds, and the water hallucinated with dappled drops of purple sunset. It was some strange cerulean paradise. Only my teeth hurt, so I went to the dentist. She lived in a small pagoda on the edge of a lily pond—only the lilies were pink and purple and the water they drifted upon looked more like the sky. A bridge arched across the water like an oil painting—almost smudged in the way it melted into the landscape.
Several years ago, I quit watching televised news. It had become all sensationalism and commentary. Plus a bunch of talking heads arguing. That’s not news. It also slanted overwhelmingly negative. I also dramatically reduced my social media intake. And hid all the negative people and political ranters. It saved my sanity. You can’t miss anything really important. You just don’t get the daily garbage. It is sad it has come to this.
This is awesome! Couldn't agree more - news media needs a major reshaping.
The Times began gnashing teeth way before this era: https://www.garethjones.org/soviet_articles/russians_hungry_not_starving.htm
Several years ago, I quit watching televised news. It had become all sensationalism and commentary. Plus a bunch of talking heads arguing. That’s not news. It also slanted overwhelmingly negative. I also dramatically reduced my social media intake. And hid all the negative people and political ranters. It saved my sanity. You can’t miss anything really important. You just don’t get the daily garbage. It is sad it has come to this.
This is fantastic—and exactly what I needed to read this morning. Thank you, Elle.