I blame the news for this one!

Hi dear! Sorry for misunderstanding the intended meaning in your post. If you son starts believing that all news are not the correct one and may be exaggerated, he may start viewing the news from that angle.

Or he could learn to be an excellent manipulator from learning how to twist an angle

Hi dpk, I believe you misunderstood me, I wasn't implying my sons mind had been affected or that he should only see filtered news, he did understand that the nonsense of the same news being on day after day detracted from the usual news he would see, and the constant coverage became a form of lunacy. What I would observe is that he is less likely now to believe in the accuracy of the news and new sensational stories about the same thing each day just lead to skepticism and amusement. But then again the earlier he becomes skeptical and questions more, the better.

Hello my friend Oh no sweety not at all , what I should have done was touch on the media aspects of the post myself, I kinda got caught up in the music and forgot my train of thought lol, although granted there was many other things going on in the world and they should have taken that into consideration I do feel he deserved all the coverage that was given to him, Michael has been around for a long time and he was huge in his own right, to just let the public know that he passed and talk here and there about his life to me would have been unfair to his memory,he deserved the coverage in my opinion after all they could not stop speaking about him when he was alive,so this is how I feel and in no way do I see you any different I still want to exchange thoughts with you as much as possible just keep in mind I wont always agree and hopefully I will express myself in a way as to not offend anyone. A lot of people feel the way you feel so its really good, how boring will this world be if we all agreed on everything

Hello my friend Thats makes a lot of sense having a specific channel so if you want to tune it you can, like I said I was a fan not a die hard fan like a lot of other people, I do feel he got his just and it only shows how important he was to a lot of people, not all but quite a bit,some people feel he didn't get enough coverage I don't know I Feel bad for the man either way I believe he was misunderstood in a lot of ways, virgos tend to be that way I feel no one gets me, no one understands me, being here at mylot helps me with that issue. Never worry I don't think we will disagree much to be honest with, if I find that we seem to disagree more than agree I will not respond although a good debate never hurt anyone who wants to debate all the time, so we will be fine I like sharing thoughts with you my friend.

Hi Wolfie, now you've actually read me all wrong on this one my friend. Whilst of course I wish to protect my son physically I would never attempt to censor the news from him to protect him from things going on in the world, my objection here that he was constantly bombarded with the same piece of news with its many interpretations. Obviously I check what he is exposed to but he has only just started using the internet and he knows what he is allowed to use it for and not to wander into dodgy areas there. But actual news, no matter how disturbing, is part of life. Take for an example the worst news which could have ever been broadcast, the discovery of the nazi concentration camps and what was happening there. It was also happening to children and if some of those children managed to survive what they had endured then surely another child should learn from that and not be protected from it, but obviously with a mature adult on hand to explain the circumstances in detail. Thank you for the kind remarks about my son, his remarkable intelligence is recognised by all in our area and he is a much adored child.

Hello my friend, please forgive me as it wasn't a deliberate misinterpretation of your discussion, I guess I went off on a tangent and digressed away from where you were coming from.

Nothing at all to forgive my dear friend, your view was welcome and would probably be the one which would concern most parents, rather than my own interpretation. As I just commented to the first responder though I believe that there are far more worthy people whose deaths should be commented on much more and would benefit many with extensive coverage. Unfortunately these now pass as just a footnote in history.

Hi dlr, we are in agreement I see. Have you noticed as well that just being on here we pick up news from outside our own countries which would never make our news, for instance from India. Certainly children should watch the news and would be better served by not being bombarded with this celebrity culture which seems to be taking over.

hi psycospaz, the point you make is something I really hadn't considered that much, that the news is now goverened by ratings so obviously then it dumbs down to mass market appeal. It has always been that way with newspapers but I always think of the news as more of a 'public service broadcast.' In the UK the BBC represented the government line so was always to be taken with a pinch of salt, but at least it funded other new options for the more serious minded, such as the excellent 'Newsnight'. Together with Channel 4 news we could appreciate investigative journalism rather than the headline facts with no depth. But as you are now depicting a ratings war over news coverage then without doubt the nonsense celebrity culture will come to dominate the news out of all proportion.

Don't you have any unbiased media who question. Whenever I've seen Michael Moore he always seems to have a pretty good insight.

I really started noticing it when the morning shows changed their formats to more of a talk show, happy go lucky feel. And that is when I quit watching the news. Fox and ABC is the worse for those types, I think. But if that is what the masses want, that is what the masses get.

Hello Sandra, I think my son was rather intrigued by the whole idea of something continuing on the news for so long and the latest craze of playing the music online is simply to annoy me. He already has a knack of absorbing the news perfectly and dragged out the map the other night to try and locate exactly where the recent fires were. Hope the flu is getting better, at least when I see you online it reassures me

Hi Iriene, your son seems to have got it bad, in my own sons case he just can't believe that this one event can drag on so endlessly and the video was only found to expressely annoy me, not because he wants to emulate him. But even in Malayasia now it has taken over the media, I would rather see a news report from Malaysia which of course will never happen unless you were to suffer a large national disaster. Such nonsense coverage and obsession leads to less real news being reported. Please explain to your son the wastage of money over this neverland theme park and how bad budgetary practices would surely have lead to its forced selling to cover the debts. Thea