augieboo----->> why we should not listen to the news media<< Yes, I for one do not listen to the media nearly as much as I used to and have also cut back on the printed material that I read including that from Forbes, Barrons, New York Times, articles from what's his name, on and on. One does have to keep abreast of things but one does not need to continually clutter the mind with endless theories, opinions, dissertations, or extrapolations, that in many ways serve to do our thinking for us. All IMO.
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