Snowflake Warnings In The News

[smurfchops]

Never mind warnings about being distressed watching the news.  How about being distressed listening to the most stupid questions asked to victims of the Gaza bombings.  To a woman who has been blinded.... "What would it mean to you, to be able to see again?".  Did the interviewer go to university to learn to ask idiotic questions like that?  How does he think she feels? 

[Maydup]

I shouted at the TV at that point too! 

[Tilly2]

Idiot!

[Tilly2]

...not you, Maydup.

[Old_Geezer]

I think the world only has idiots left to do the jobs that need doing.

[douglas9401]

Take a week off from news and keep your focus on your own life.

The health benefits are remarkable, not having any interaction with those hell-bent on ruining everything imaginable.

Always remember too that your ability to influence pretty much anything is an illusion, nobody 'up there' cares what you think.

[smurfchops]

Pardon Douglas?  What are you on about?

[andy-hughes]

I was a Samaritan volunteer for three years, and I learned one vital lesson when dealing with deeply distressed people.

Unless you are one hundred per cent sure that what you are going to say is going to be valid, and worthwhile, then don't say it.

Silence does no harm at all, the wrong words at the wrong time cause permanent damage.

Not an option for a news journalist looking for a soundbite but in these cases, the best course of action is simply to be quiet, and let the images speak to the audience.

[johnk]

Every report contains at least one of these idiotic questions, have interviewers nothing else to say?

[Peter Pedant]

Amol Rajan about T May - when did we last have a PM who cd tell a joke?

er Boris... Amol

( shd be of course "when did we last have a PM who wasnt a joke? " - a  much harder question).

smirfoe - Doug is saying that you should go on a News Diet ( no news for a week) and you will feel much better

( seems a nit obvious to me but ho hum this is AB)