Early Sunday morning on the last day of January 2010. I intended for my experiment to last a total of 31 days total and since it started a few days into the month, the project will continue into February.
The idea was to try to eliminate some of the useless information passed on by the 24 hour newsreel and such. When starting on this experiment, I felt that an absence of current events in my daily routine might prove me ignorant, but instead it has done the opposite. The enrichment gained from lack of too much information, is incredible. As with times of old, any real news eventually finds its way to you. I am a bit curious about the status of the Health Care plan, but if politics are true to their recent course, it is still tied up in the bureaucratic process.
The irony in my trial so far is that the only type of news that I really miss is the kind found on The John Stewart Show and Colbert Report due to the fact that they contain more knowledgeable information than the so-called professional news circuit.
My project will be wrapping up on Wednesday Feb 3. I am happy that I have tried it. It will definitely have an impact on the news that I watch in the future.
January 31, 2010
TSala
