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b_b  ·  4240 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The problem with 24 hours news is that it's 24 hours.

I can't understand the fascination with being "constantly updated" on some tragic event. Obviously, what happened happened, and there's nothing you as a viewer can do to change it. The news will still be there tomorrow, and it might even be more accurate! I would like to hear from someone who does watch the news in these cases. What do you get out of it? I remember watching pretty hard after 9/11. I was 19 then, and I can't for the life of me remember why I did.