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Originally Posted by Boomer
Maybe it's time to think about stepping away from that television "news" -- spun to make viewers angry.
Ever notice how those obscenely paid "news" deliverers hammer -- hammer-- hammer -- tapping into the emotional part of their viewers' brains -- winding up their fans into a heightened state of negative emotion (anger, panic, fear, paranoia)?
Sometimes that constant pounding will tip viewers into a state of urgency -- gotta do something, gotta do it NOW.
Ironically, that constant tapping into negative emotion is the same method used by scammers -- but those who buy into it on a screen of their own choice can't seem to see the parallels. It's all emotional manipulation for money, lots of it. All from the same playbook.
I know someone whose husband spends so much time in front of television "news" that it is changing his personality by negatively affecting his mood, day after day. She cannot convince him to connect the dots, to see the cause-and-effect -- and turn off that &%$#ing television.
Lucy Boomer (Advice 5 Cents)
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yes, totally agree, and good post! That's why I stopped watching local /national news, and stuck with financial and sports news. . . My intuition says you are doing well with the behavioral finance and economics. .