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March 09, 2005
The Retreat
I used to be a big newspaper buff, loving the Irish papers, reading at least one a day and two or three at the weekends. I used to watch the nine o’clock news any evening I was at home at the right time. Now I never watch the news and I haven’t bought a paper in years. My only real contact with newspapers is through work, which needs me to read articles on specific topics, and the occasional flick through ireland.com when I’ve got a spare few minutes at my desk.
I’m much more likely these days to read blogs and websites, especially those linked to in my sidebar. I only buy one print publication now, and that’s a games magazine. I think I’m joining the silent majority that tacitly gives the status quo (political or otherwise) its support. I still vote at every election, though mostly through recognising allegiances and not the individual candidates’ names.
I don’t think I’ve ever been so badly informed about anything of consequence my entire life. Everything I absorb is purely driven by self-interest: games news, gadget news, news of my friends.
Mental note: read a paper every day. That should have been my New Year’s resolution.
Posted by Oliver at March 9, 2005 06:14 PM
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