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Warpy

(111,174 posts)
5. The problem with televised news is "if it bleeds, it leads."
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 06:04 PM
Jan 2013

They go looking for the sensational stuff and if they've got video of cops milling around a school or workplace as ambulances are being loaded, perfect!

When you find yourself numbing out, it's time to tune the TV into something else for a while. Or put on some good music during the news hour.

I think they want us to numb out, to get used to this constant, insane shooting and accept it as somehow natural and normal so they can keep gun sales up.

Defy them. Turn off the news until you become human again.

It's unacceptable for any society to tolerate this level of violence.

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