Does that affect you?

Does the news affect you? What exactly is important news to you? And do you feel like it's credible? You know by now that I don't watch the news on television anymore. I do however, peruse the headlines every morning, online. But even that isn't satisfying anymore. The headlines lie about what's in the article. Also, most articles are filled with words like; perhaps, potential, could be, mostly, possibly, nearly, might, maybe, speculation. All of those words mean the same thing...not fact. I would say that the news reports about 1/2 and 1/2, fact and not fact. And of those factual things, do you really care? For instance, today in the news, USA Today says...

Of all those things on their home page, do any of them affect you? Is any of it something you need to know? Do you care that GQ called the Bible, foolish? Or that the world isn't ending today? What's interesting to you? Is there anything there that you feel passionate about?

FOX News says,

There are a couple things I would click on, here. But again, how much of this affects you? 

I guess that's why I don't watch/listen to the news. I get tired of the opinions of people I don't have any respect for. I don't care about the lives of celebrities or athletes. I'm not a sports fan. What does that leave?? I'll tell you...not much! Oh, the weather. 

I guess I would want to know if there is a serial killer on the loose. I want to know about Amber alerts. I want to know about credible and/or real security threats to the world I live in. I want to know what I can do to help keep the air I breath and the water I drink, clean. I want to know about new laws that actually do affect me. There are probably a couple other things but in general, that about covers it. Really, is there enough news every day to warrant a 24 hr news station?!!?!?! Ummm...no. No wonder we're such an angry nation! 

I thought about all that because there's a new (cheesy) country song out that has this line in it;

I believe if you just go by the nightly news

Your faith in all mankind would be the first thing you lose.

That's a good line. And it just made me wonder about all the things we don't need to know.