FWIW, I avoid breaking news, for things not immediately relevant to me. Some reasons are: protect my positive mental attitude, jealously guard my attention, an

FWIW, I avoid breaking news, for things not immediately relevant to me. Some reasons are: protect my positive mental attitude, jealously guard my attention, and I really hate the infotainment industry. This Ben Len story is a great example why. Snafu. I'm content to wait for the dust to settle. A week, a month, a year, whatever. For instance, I'll a week or more wait to check election results. I really don't care about the food fight; just tell me the outcome. It's not like I can do anything to change the outcome. (Yes, I've doorbelled and ballot chased for local campaigns.) And then I'll wait at least a year to read all the "what really happened" post-mortems. Accurate, insightful analysis takes a long time. And even then the utility is debatable. I worked in student broadcasting for 3 years. Student radio and some public access TV. We'd tour the companies, meet important local people, do job shadowing. While I loved the tech stuff, I came to hate the industry. And once we learned the tricks of the trade, I couldn't watch "news" without screaming at the TV. (My family won't let me watch TV news when I visit.) YMMV. Peace.