Anyone else a news junkie?

[Pea-n-Me]

My father always loved to read newspapers. He devoured them. I remember when I was little going into the city with him late on Saturday nights just to get the early edition of the Sunday newspaper. I liked that there were so many sections, some of which were of interest to me, too, like the comics, and then other sections as I got older. It was something we enjoyed together. We always had lots of newspapers around the house. Even when we traveled to different cities, Dad always had to go out and buy his newspapers. (Once he was robbed at knifepoint, I don't even know where we were, but he came running back to the room all freaked out!)

In grade school we got newspapers delivered as part of our programs and we learned about how they were made, writing, what the different sections were about, and even how to do the subway fold and such, lol.

One of my older siblings got me into reading different types of progressive papers when she was in college.

I'm one of those people that still grabs free local newspapers in grocery store exits and reads them when I get home. I often find out things I may not have known otherwise in them.

When news became available online, it felt like Hog Heaven! I could read to my heart's content right from my own home. That's still the case for me today. I read all kinds of news from all kinds of sources.

Last week a patient gave me a newspaper he was done with and I read it cover to cover in short time. It was the first time I'd picked up a regular newspaper in a long while, and I realized as I was reading days-old news how obsolete it had become. It was also so thin. I used to get that paper delivered to my house on weekends and it used to be huge. No more. Which is why so many newspapers have changed their ways of doing things and have downsized staff, etc.

 

[Squirlz]

I read the local paper every night. There are a couple word games I like to play and it only takes about 20 minutes out of my evening. Then I use the paper as void filler for the packages we ship for our business. Between that and the Sunday coupons it pays for itself!

 

[wenrob]

I used to watch the news morning, noon and night. Then Sandy Hook happened. I turned it off, went in the bathroom to throw up and never turned it on again.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sounds like our house growing up so many years ago, Linda.

I recall my dad having four daily newspapers subscriptions, when there were still four in Chicago. Now only two in Chicago. He had subscriptions to I think every magazine printed back then. Not exaggerating, maybe 50 a month. I had subscriptions back then also to several of my own.

Today, I have print subscriptions to 2 daily papers and read several more online. I have several magazine subscriptions. And also read news online from many sources. I am a reader and news junke also.

 

[tcufrog]

I read the news online and listen to NPR. My local station has an excellent statewide news show out of the capitol that airs every weekday. I always listen to it live or via podcast. I also use a news aggregator app called Flipboard and subscribe to the Washington Post online. I cancelled the online NY Times after some of the newspaper’s scandals. I used to subscribe to a local print paper and print news magazines but that seems impractical these days. I have considered subscribing to a local newspaper online but the price is high for what you get.

 

[dish rag]

Yes

 

[PollyannaMom]

My father always loved to read newspapers. He devoured them. I remember when I was little going into the city with him late on Saturday nights just to get the early edition of the Sunday newspaper. I liked that there were so many sections, some of which were of interest to me, too, like the comics, and then other sections as I got older. It was something we enjoyed together...

I'm one of those people that still grabs free local newspapers in grocery store exits and reads them when I get home. I often find out things I may not have known otherwise in them...

It's so nice you have those special memories with your Dad!

And I also get our "free" local paper. (I actually pay the tiny fee to have it delivered, so I don't have to remember.) Like you said, it's the only way I hear about some things, as I'm not connected to the town Facebook page.

I used to watch the news morning, noon and night. Then Sandy Hook happened. I turned it off, went in the bathroom to throw up and never turned it on again.

I completely understand. I still watch some, but I cut way back. It's no longer the default program in our house.

 

[Kellykins1218]

Nope, if I turn on the news I keep it muted until the weather comes on. Then I turn it off as soon as I see the forecast. I can't remember the last time I even watched it for a little bit.

 

[Klayfish]

I used to watch the news morning, noon and night. Then Sandy Hook happened. I turned it off, went in the bathroom to throw up and never turned it on again.

Similar. I used to watch the news every day, and/or read a newspaper. There wasn't one specific moment like Sandy Hook, but I just got sick of it and stopped. I haven't seen or heard a newscast in years.

 

[tvguy]

It was the first time I'd picked up a regular newspaper in a long while, and I realized as I was reading days-old news how obsolete it had become.

LOL This is EXACTLY how I feel about the newsfeeds on just about every online site I go to. DAYS old news. Or not news. Or what some "celebrity" I've never heard of thinks about some situation I don't care about.
And don't get me started on Social Media. Unfortunately those of us in the mainstream media have to monitor social media because once in a while something that is actually true gets posted. The most frustrating to me are the fake or incorrect missing persons reports people blindly share on social media. Or the people who post a legitimate missing person on social media, but don't bother reporting it to police! REALLY?!?

 

[Marchand63]

Only reason I even read a newspaper is we get them free at work.

Now my DH is a news junkie for sure. If it isn't sports on out TV it is NECN, MSNBC, FOX, CNN or any other news program.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

I used to watch the news morning, noon and night. Then Sandy Hook happened. I turned it off, went in the bathroom to throw up and never turned it on again.

When I was in high school I would watch the news while getting ready for the day, mostly to see the weather. One mornng my friend's face popped up on the screen- the news story was about a tragic accident that had happened overnight and she had died. Finding out like that was traumatic and I stopped watching the morning news.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

I check news websites frequently throughout the day, but I no longer buy newspapers and very rarely buy a magazine.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Not anymore. I like fluff news like GMA.

 

[L&Lfan]

I don't read any local papers (Atlantic City & Philadelphia) as their editorial positions are in oppostion to my views. I check the obituaries online every couple of days or so.
I listen to talk radio (not NPR) and watch FNC for 2-3 hours most every day. But I wouldn't consider myself to be a news junkie but I am very politically active.

 

[amcnj]

My father was also a big news person, which he passed along to me. We always got the newspaper, and it had a morning and evening edition too. I guess that was the equivalent of 24/7 news coverage decades ago! In addition, newsmagazines were also read cover to cover. And of course the nightly tv news was a must.

I was also hooked on tv news, and thought the 24/7 coverage was an amazing and wonderful thing. But it quickly went to overload, too many stations stretching out coverage to fill the day, predictable opinions and views on the various stations, and just feeling like you were spending/wasting a lot of time and not learning anything new. So I have shifted more to reading online now.

 

[Mermaid02]

I used to be- but it's not just bad news now, it's hateful. My husband is in Afghanistan so I watch a little bit now, but nothing like I used to.

 

[DIS_MIKE]

The only consistent newspaper I read is the WSJ. I’ll occasionally buy the NY Post for sports but their website is just as good. I frequent a lot of online news sites throughout the day but push notifications (CNN, Fox, Huffington Post) definitely help keep me in the loop. I don’t watch too much news on TV, but I do like The Five on FNC.

 

[ronandannette]

The problem with “news” is that in the world today it’s practically all “commentary” instead of factual reporting. Even the talking heads @ 6:00 throw their own $0.02 in. Add in celebrity nonsense, biased and partisan stories about political non-events and pop-culture lifestyle fluff, it’s a mind-numbing distraction from events of true importance. And as for so-called news feeds like MNS News and BuzzFeed? I can’t even...

Although I watch the local evening news and listen to talk radio daily, if an issue is significant to me I will research it independently in hopes of getting some idea of what’s really going on.

 

[FayeW]

I'm developing an unhealthy attachment to Chris Cuomo so I watch his show every night. CNN is usually on throughout the evening, until my husband can't stand it any more and changes the channel. I will read a newspaper if there is one wherever I might be, but I haven't read one regularly for many years.