Things You Notice When You Quit the News
I quit watching the news right around 1999. My family once challenged me how I knew about important events, and I told them that people in my life would let me know if anything occurred that I needed to know. They challenged me by quizzing me on major recent events. When they did find one that I had no idea about, they asked, &quot;See? Nobody told you about that!&quot; I replied, &quot;You just did.&quot; And they have not argued about it again. They do continue to inform me, though, and it all works out.