12 Pare de ler as notícias comentada em 29/04/2024 16:19 #PAS wysiati em 27/04/24 17:32 comentada em 29/04/2024 16:19 The News is Making You Miserable - A Wealth of Common SenseThe News is Making You Miserable - A Wealth of Common SenseFor those who think I am here guilty of hyperbole, I offer the following description of television news by Robert MacNeil, executive editor and co-anchor of the “MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour.” The idea, he writes, “is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety, novelty, action, and movement. You are required … to pay attention to no concept, no character, and no problem for more than a few seconds at a time.” He goes on to say that the assumptions controlling a news show are “that bite-sized is best, that complexity must be avoided, that nuances are dispensable, that qualifications impede the simple message, that visual stimulation is a substitute for thought, and that verbal precision is an anachronism.”It’s worth pointing out this book was published in 1985. Things have only gotten worse.The sad part about all of the negativity in the world is things are generally getting better over time
