Do you ever get tired of hearing the news?

Hi! You are right that news channels keep repeating the stories and keep highlighting the cases related to attacks, murders, abductions, rapes and robberies etc. Everything looks gloomy and negative to a viewer or a listener and this puts the listen off. I wonder why the keep the percentage of positive news to a lesser extent.

I stopped listening to the news years ago. It's depressing and now it's worse because you can't believe half of what they say. And you're right - it is emotionally draining. I don't watch TV anymore and seldom look at the news on the net. I mostly block it out when it comes on the radio. I remember a long time ago, maybe 20 years ago, I read where somebody started a paper that only printed good news. Yeah, they went out of business. I guess nobody was interested. I think the worst part is young people are being brought up on it and they accept it as the norm. They just get sucked right into it.

I lost interest in the news programmes a long time ago and do not bother to watch them at all. Apart from the constant stories of violence and crime, there is also a tendency to report unimportant issues rather than the real news. Far too much news time is dedicated to such subjects as which soap opera star has been seen in a restaurant with someone else, or relating trivial stories about the royal family etcetera. I imagine that if civil war broke out then the story would take second place if an actress was seen dating or the Queen had a cold.

I use to think I had to hear the news to see what was going on in the world. This past year I stopped listening to the news and would only hear what people would talk about in passing. What I learned is that most of the news they talk about is bad news about things we can do nothing about. My world still functioned just fine without hearing all the bad stuff. There were two days I was really worried about the terrible snowstorm that was suppose to hit our area. We barely got 2 inches. All my worry was for nothing. If we had got a lot more I would have dealt with it then. The bad news is very emotionally draining so I don't miss listening to it.

Hi friend, you are right, in this days we hear lot of bad news, it is really hard to get a good news in this days. Day by day we are hearing various kind of bad things in all the sort

We are overwhelmed by by bad news, that is true. Since the same thing happens with newspapers then I feel it must be at least partly true that bad news sells. It is also true that bad news depresses. I can no longer bear to watch news about Syria, I am dumbfounded and horrified by what is happening there. It is not as if many of us can do anything about the bad news, except perhaps pray. If I were an alien and my only source of information was TV and radio news then I would regard planet earth as one of the most undesirable places to live and human beings as the worst animals living on on it. We need to remind ourselves often of the blessings most of us enjoy, the beauty of the world around, noble and good deeds done by selfless people and the love of family and friends. That is the only way to keep things in some kind of balance.

I get tired of the amount of bad news that is being broadcast, and I get tired of the fact that even though we live in Canada, all we ever hear about anymore is AMERICAN NEWS! However, I do not get tired of hearing the news in general. I am interested in keeping up with what is going on in the world around me, and I refuse to hide my head in the sand just because it's depressing.

They report whatever gains them the widest audience or most readers.

when i tired to read about the news I just switch to MyLot sometimes when I need to update a news I just go googling it I rare to watch TV and radio for news

Yes I feel irritated and tired because of watching the same new many times. I not like news but due to my danger and sweet hubby I watch it because they not ready to give me the remote for changing the channel.

Hi!! I actually read the news paper daily for about 30 minutes and hardly ever watch it on TV and listen to the radio so i guess i don't get tired reading it but i guess getting informed about the same thing over and over again will make us tired.I need to agree this as you said the media is full of sorrow happenings and hardly we get some interesting and happy news.

i rarely get pissed off and tired and at the time it is good to hear and make us to be aware and i believe one must grasp atleast some of it each day

I do not like to listen to the news because they shipped me a lot. if any news related to something bad. something that everyone should know but is in the news but why not give some good news and bad prevail. I feel very unnerved by the news, so do not feel sorry for them watching you.

I must say I watch the news rarely now. I get most of my information online which allows me to pick which stories I read. In the world we live your bound to find out about the news from friends and family regardless of whether you tuned in or not. It would be great to live in a world with out murders and war. Fact is governement is funding war and there a people amongst us with mental health issues which is obviously an excuse for killing innocent people. I was just reading an article today about Jessicas Simpson favorite green sweater. The reporter captured multiple photos of her with this sweater on during different occasions. They kind of made of fun her fondness of this sweater. I don't see a problem with wearing your favorite sweather a thousand times. It just goes to show what a superficial society we live in.

I don't ever watch or her the news, as it is the same thing all the time, murders, rape and such. Nothing good on the news anymore, o it just isn't worth watching. The only thing I watched, was the school shooting, and after awhile that got old as well, so i just shut it off and said forget this. Just to many bad things in this world. It gets a person so depressed, to see that stuff, so I find it better that I not watch it. Take care, and have a great day.

This is why I avoid it, unless there is a reason for me to turn it on then I don't. I don't have a TV, and avoid it online, or on the radio. I will switch the channel, and go to a station with music. I remember when I worked nights never failed when I left work, I would get the news all teh way home, so I would shut the radio off and sing to myself.

No, I do not get tired of hearing the news. But for me, I watch not only about news about depressing events that happen in the world. There are also news about things not so sad. I pay attention to news about advancements in technology which ranges on topics of video games, social media, and computers. There's so many categories within the news. If I get tired of reading or hearing about news on category like technology, then I move on to another category like health or politics. If I get bored with those categories, I move on to another one. There's always something new and interesting to hear about if you widen your search on other topics.

One bad news that I won't be tired to read is about politics. I want to get updated of what these leaders been doing and keep it in mind so might in the next election I know better whom to choose. But when it's about calamities, murders and tragic events, it's enough with me that I read something about it. I don't even need to finish reading the whole story, it's just depressing.

No the new are what keep you of being current and careful. Truth it can get a bit annoying from hearing the same news over and over again. It also can make us stressed about theses problems. Very Great article and Happy Holidays!

I mostly hate watching and listening to news. Most of the time the same news repeats after every hour which is really irritating. No doubts the news keep us in touch with the world affairs but even a small news is highlighted as a breaking news which i hate the most. My father is affected by these news and talk shows the most. He takes a lot of tension because of these things and then he scolds and gets angry on us without any reason.