The local paper

Since Dylan was born I have not watched the news or read a newspaper as I find it way too alarming and depressing. Plus I don't really believe what they tell me, thanks to Year 11 Modern History WWII propaganda stories, and I always feel everything is sensationalised and we are only told what the powers that be want us to know.


I have however, always said that I would like to watch the "Good "News" (no, not as in the bible) but a current affairs program that told the good suff going on. My husband , Greg, says no one would watch it and I never have believed him until now..... thats it until I read my local paper, country style.

I have to admit it is really entertaining to see top stories featuring public concern over the gridlock at the town roundabout (you have got to be kidding I hardly even need to slow down to enter it!), or the enormous turnip a local farmer grew or even the local classifieds featuring sheep drenching utensils (whatever that is) and livestock sales. I paticularly love the local stories of weddings and births (written assuming everyone surely knows the featured couples) but my particular fav is the local political stories over small , tiny stuff like the library relocation causing unrest in the entire community or the outrage over roadworks causing traffic .

I guess its nice to not read about murders, rapes and suicides and to hear some of the happy sides of freakish farming ability and local happenings for a change, but I think its going to take a LOOONG time before I can take it seriously.