What is my problem? Our president is fairly rad. There's debate about the Supreme Court (I love the Supreme Court.)
But at some point in the last three months, I stopped reading the news regularly. Even though I am interested in world events, even though it informs my work as a writer, even though I feel slightly ashamed not to keep up, I avoid it and read a book, or webcomic, or what have you. I've been going through some different transitions, and priorities and habits get confused, but this is unacceptable.
Today, I will read the New York Times - at their website. The Google Reader kind of kills the fun of reading the news:
(I'm never hooked by headlines - maybe that's why I'm terrible at writing them).
Tomorrow, I will put my stationary bike together and watch the news. Or get on the treadmill. Or something. (Boy, it's nice to have this stuff at home. Thanks, disposable income + privilege!)
Yesterday, a friend mentioned Obama's speech in Cairo, and I barely knew enough to contribute my opinion. I've been going through some transitions, and priorities and habits get confused, but this is unacceptable. That ends today.
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If you want a good writen news source to show up in your google reader you might check out Al Jazeera English.
ReplyDeleteThey do a good job of being balanced and are generally a day ahead of the American news.