Why Do We Listen To News?

Confessions of a news junkie.

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I confess. I am a news junkie. There. It’s off my chest. Do I feel better? I’m not sure. I guess it’s like standing up in an AA meeting and confessing to being an alcoholic — having a negative habit that you give up only to backslide time and time again. I have stopped listening and watching news a number of times only to find I slip back into the habit after a short…