Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.
So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.
I agree in part. Yes, if we didn't buy their hype, they'd stop publishing it. But also, I believe there are other factors involved in fear-mongering; it makes it easier to control people.
I agree. When we click on a 'candy link' we may believe what we read without researching further to determine accuracy. I've eschewed reading the news, one reason being, just like Chicken Little, 'the sky is always falling.'
All true, Dave. But the press wouldn't be printing their hysteria if we all stopped buying it. And that, I believe, is what is happening at the moment.
In most cases it seems like it's the headline-hungry media who turn the hysteria dial up to 11. When you trace it back to the original quotes, they're generally fairly measured.
We have a "newspaper" in the UK called The Daily Mail which is notorious for this kind of nonsense. Scientist says there's, say, a 1% chance of a collision with such-and-such a comet/asteroid/whatever (estimates to be revised pending further measurements) and the DM fills their pages with cartoons of big rocks landing in London, with comparisons to nuclear strikes, blast radii and body counts. Then when it doesn't happen, the scientists get the undeserved ridicule.
But then, measured reporting doesn't get the page clicks.
Congratulations on launching your blog! I really like the name of your blog. Right now, you may just be dipping your toes in and testing the waters, but I hope that one day you’ll be able to swim freely in the vast ocean. 🌊✨
I was the first person to mention this on the newsfeed... just saying.
I tend to blog every day and comment somewhere every day. Some of my blogs are based on comments I've made elsewhere. It can be easier to just comment.
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