the news is always so depressing would giving it up make you happier
i wouldnt watch the news much if it wernt for my husband , i dont mind watchin the regional news but the main news is always full of murders,rape an wars i dont really want to listen to that everyday,

oh an of course the recent politician to rip us off so yes i would be happier not to watch the news ,rather buy a paper an skip through what i dont like
ABSOLUTELY . . . . .

Not watching the news would make ME much happier . . .

having said that . . . . I'm "old fashioned" and I think I have a responsibility to actually DO something about my country . . . and the problems we face.

That's why I DO watch the news . . . listen to Sean Hannity . . . Rush Limbaugh . . . and why I'm attanding a "Tea Party" (protest) on April 15th.

Dan in Miami
Well, not entirely. But I realised that switching to a weekly magazine such as The Economist is a win-win trade-off: you escape the sensationalist aspect of daily news, you get more perspective, you only get the topics that matters and you are not bombarded by dramatisation of topics such as Jade Goody etc…
So I think it's important to be informed, but daily newspapers are a let-down.
I gave it up years ago, that includes talk shows which are the worse, and yes I am a much happier person.

I still remember giving it up for a year, the last thing I saw was stuff about Congress the MidEast and the environment.. when I turned it on a year later it was the same stuff didn't miss a thing!
Yes, I suppose I would be happier if I didn't watch or read the news because it is depressing, but I do like to read and watch news that angers me or frustrates me as I can make my opinion based on all the facts presented.

I say presented, as lets me honest what news story is not told with a slant?
I have for years avoided reading the negative day to day stories on crime, celebrity bullshit and the like.
I try to only read pieces on actual issues and opinion concerning the same.
I believe that cutting out all those negative and to me irrelevant stories have made me happier.
They should have 2 different news programmes.The" good" news and the "bad" news programmes so that pessimists and optimists could be both catered for
They can show famine pestilence hunger death disease, as long as there's "and finally, a skate boarding dog" i'm as happy as a pig is very fluffy shi'te.
I gave up watching the news as it was too depressing.
Started watching cartoons instead.
Now my wife is trying to get me sectioned
Seems i am destined to be Depressed or suppressed
Yes it will make you depressed. You can still watch the news just don't get inundated with it.
ignorance is not actually bliss. you cant be happier by playing dumb.. and plus your thirst for knowledge will need to be satisfied.
Unless we numb ourselves with drugs and alcohol?
omg no….seeing that traumatised, broken lady and devestated worried to death man, just two stories, it reminds me how lucky i am
No. You would just become more unaware. It's not ALL doom and gloom. Buy a decent paper and you will find lots of other stuff.
I avoid the news, and am fairly happy.
It does.