tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post2264926732852944779..comments2024-03-29T12:10:24.356+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: NewsoholismYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75109717898010892122015-01-24T08:52:31.009+00:002015-01-24T08:52:31.009+00:00One of the comforting things about life in New Zea...One of the comforting things about life in New Zealand was, for me, that the evening news on TV One was at 1800hrs 7 days a week, 24 weeks a year. It was the anchor point for my day. Even when I couldn't watch it (which was, of course, quite often) I knew that it was there. You've started me wondering now whether I, too, need to join you. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15253939913230144892015-01-22T13:33:03.025+00:002015-01-22T13:33:03.025+00:00I couldn't agree more, Jan. It's all brain...I couldn't agree more, Jan. It's all brainwashing bullshit. Molly Printempshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677983247237875712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34440602604475324352015-01-22T00:39:24.482+00:002015-01-22T00:39:24.482+00:00I haven't watched the news for 15 years, when ...I haven't watched the news for 15 years, when I threw the TV away. I was at a county supervisor's meeting, we were debating an important issue that would affect the everyday lives of everyone in Sloughhouse. There were maybe 5 of us there. Everyone else was home watching the sordid details of Bill and Monica. Why do people spend so much time on things that have absolutely no effect on their personal lives and virtually none on the issues that do? I think that's the way it's planned. Manipulate the masses with whatever drivel you can dig up, invent some if needed, and keep them ignorant of what really matters. Pretend it's all a democracy because every once in a while they get to vote for either Tweedle Dumb or Tweedle Dumber, both of them candidates whose souls have been bought and paid for. The people can't even revolt and throw the manipulating dudes aside, most don't have a clue who they are or where they are. We're just a bunch of buttheads.<br />Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71662588119705528102015-01-21T12:48:17.373+00:002015-01-21T12:48:17.373+00:00No...that wasn't it, Yorky....it was boat that...No...that wasn't it, Yorky....it was boat that drove us apart.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5815977629102212382015-01-21T12:35:11.319+00:002015-01-21T12:35:11.319+00:00I only watch the News occasionally now. The const...I only watch the News occasionally now. The constant repetition does my head in and the stupid nitwit questions they ask intelligent people just make me angry. I feel a lot better for not watching and not getting involved. I just watch the local news now.Molly Printempshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677983247237875712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3780553495466100072015-01-21T10:53:46.648+00:002015-01-21T10:53:46.648+00:00I find the observation about escapism most interes...I find the observation about escapism most interesting. You see a lot of blogging about homely pursuits or even blogs that ignore the outer world and become very introspective "family blogs". However, I shall not be making a granny square blanket any time soonYorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17142507345077734512015-01-21T06:47:07.433+00:002015-01-21T06:47:07.433+00:00Admittedly, I found the news on telly rather borin...Admittedly, I found the news on telly rather boring when I was a kid. It was something my parents would watch, not me. Nowadays, I have two main sources for the news: the 15 minutes of "Tagesschau" every night at 8.00, and my weekly paper DIE ZEIT, delivered on Thursdays but almost never read before Sundays. For local news, I browse the homepage of my hometown's daily paper about three times a week. That's enough for me.<br /><br />A few weeks ago, there was a feature in the ZEIT about how so many people retreat to home-making, crafting, cooking etc., and blog about things such as the latest granny-squares blanket they have been crocheting or the spring flower bulbs they have been planting. It is seen as a symptom of our times, people being so overwhelmed with (mostly bad) news that make them feel helpless and, to an extend, scared. Nothing wrong with a bit of escapism, I fhink (I find that mainly in reading and playing my favourite computer game), as long as one does not completely lose touch with reality.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33193986903394184362015-01-20T23:23:24.591+00:002015-01-20T23:23:24.591+00:00I think I already know the answer. Your blood will...I think I already know the answer. Your blood will simmer nicely in non-news weeks but in news weeks it will be bubbling all over the hob.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43450346626941729682015-01-20T23:21:21.614+00:002015-01-20T23:21:21.614+00:00Was it your news addiction that drove you apart Le...Was it your news addiction that drove you apart Lee? Living with habitual news users puts a lot of pressure on spouses. See you at The Walter Cronkite Memorial Rehab Centre. I'll be the one rocking in the corner humming the BBC News theme music.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58277329422013850512015-01-20T23:17:45.575+00:002015-01-20T23:17:45.575+00:00I hope you didn't mis-interpret the term "...I hope you didn't mis-interpret the term "witch dipping" Jennifer. At The Walter Cronkite Memorial Rehab Centre I will be happy to play draughts (checkers) with your husband each morning as we exchange wife tales.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14737362114413581252015-01-20T23:14:31.174+00:002015-01-20T23:14:31.174+00:00Walter Cronkite? Who's he?....I kind of like ...Walter Cronkite? Who's he?....I kind of like that idea of one good Sunday paper a week. Holding the news at bay but having a weekly catch up.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60572911423534063332015-01-20T23:12:41.368+00:002015-01-20T23:12:41.368+00:00Perhaps all news becomes interpretation the moment...Perhaps all news becomes interpretation the moment the messenger opens his or her mouth.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20720103118582703832015-01-20T21:41:05.049+00:002015-01-20T21:41:05.049+00:00My thoughts too!My thoughts too!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14629944728963754602015-01-20T21:40:25.664+00:002015-01-20T21:40:25.664+00:00Some weeks I can go without the news.........anywh...Some weeks I can go without the news.........anywhere<br />I wonder if I should take my blood pressure on those days and compare it when I watch another batch of often biased, envarably overblown reporting<br /><br />What do u think?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78734053446315205242015-01-20T20:45:24.615+00:002015-01-20T20:45:24.615+00:00If you learn there is another vacancy at that reha...If you learn there is another vacancy at that rehab centre, Yorky....make a booking for me would you, please? <br /><br />I find myself being sucked in and taken over by the news too, too much. It comes at us, as you say, 24/7 from all directions....relentlessly. Too often it's too depressing and has the tendency to bring one down with it. My ex is always telling me to just turn it off...stop watching/listening to it and reading it. I find at the moment I'm succeeding - I'm letting the Aus Open Tennis take over....and that's good on many levels!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91940433458947917772015-01-20T20:36:43.870+00:002015-01-20T20:36:43.870+00:00My husband needs a stay right alongside you in tha...My husband needs a stay right alongside you in that rehabilitation center! I keep telling him that spending hours pouring over the news (online, mostly) can't do anything for his peace of mind. Of course, he ignores me. :)<br /><br />"Then we can do some witch dipping at the village pond." "Witch Dipping" made me literally LOL!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49683433192295458982015-01-20T15:39:10.145+00:002015-01-20T15:39:10.145+00:00I always liked to read my news....even as a kid. ...I always liked to read my news....even as a kid. Well, for one thing, we never had a television and the first experience with the TV was when I went to college. Can you believe that? My mother always splurged for the Sunday edition of the New York Times and that would last us all week.<br /><br />Now, I still read my news but on my e-reader. I don't think there have been any real newspeople on television since Walter Cronkite retired.Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82850069510887461322015-01-20T15:29:35.581+00:002015-01-20T15:29:35.581+00:00My problem with the News is that it is no longer r...My problem with the News is that it is no longer reported it is interpreted.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.com