What is the news? I guess this is directed towards the youth in this world... Do you read the newspaper? Do you sit up at night with your parents and watch Dave Dahl or whoever the heck is talking about weather?... Do you really care? well, no.
I don't see why we would... but we should. I can't tell you the last time I sat down to read the paper or turned on the television and watched an entire news episode. Why?... because it's so boring. As young adults, we want action, we don't want stock information. Why watch ch.5 news when we can watch ESPN football games or TNT's movie of the night... What does the newspaper have to do with us and our own selfish desires? We don't care about the world do we? We don't want to know about the war efforts where men and women are giving their lives for us while we sit around watching football because we have the freedom to do so.
So, why is this? Well, it has to do with how society gives the news in a way that only attracts one generation. There needs to be a way to get the news across to all ages in ways that peak their interests the way that sports do, the way that t.v. shows do. There is so much variety with t.v shows that allow for many people to watch whatever they want. Talk shows are great because they are comical yet somewhat informative... but they never really cover serious issues. What if the news could reach out to multiple generations with a sense of comedy and relief? Why does the news always have to be so negative and full of bad news.
Nevertheless, it's important that we as part of a younger generation try to fill ourselves with as much worldly news as possible. It is very helpful for everyone if you know what is happening in the very state you reside, the very nation, the very continent, the world as we know it. Fill yourself with knowledge of you surroundings so that you don't only turn to news when terrorism attacks or tragedy strikes... what hypocrites are we if we have the nerve to say how sorry we are for victims in a war we know nothing about...
Read. Watch. Learn. Be a part of the world.
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