Who News?

Mostly, it would be safe to say, I don’t know what is going on. Usually, I do not bother myself with the “news” of the world. What is the world, but a rotating globe of depressing news? Well, perhaps it’s not that bad. After all, we all need to know what is going on in the world today. However, I have known people to seek out the news of today. That aspect of being informed has never really seemed important to me. If I wanted to be informed, I would just ask my Mom. She always has the kind of news I want to hear. Well, did you hear about so-and-so? He went to the hospital for this particular thing.

Now, I am not saying that I agree with gossip. Gossip is such an ugly word. I prefer to think about it as news. After all, how did news start in history? With the passing of thoughts and with the passing of stories. Now, we see news as being very factual, or, rather, we hope that our news be completely factual. However, my primitive means of news are very important to me. Without local news, how can we coexist with the people around us? Not to mention the fact that I know the local people. I hope, since now I am away at college, to still hear and know how each of my friends is doing.

Thus, I wonder as to how people can say that I cannot function in society, because I do not know the world’s news. I don’t need to know what is going on in the world, but I do need to know what is going on in my world. Thus, I do not have a definitive answer to the question of where I get my news, if you are considerring the world's news, but I get the important news of today from my mom.