“All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again, there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:8)
from
national newscasters
political pundits
television talking heads
to
local celebrities
small town coffee shops
gossip grapevines;
it’s
shocking indecency
another person’s tragedy
driveling trivia comedy
that
we know sells, as “news”–
whatever our itching ears want to hear.
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a poem in my pocket 
Oct 23, 2014 @ 05:19:30
Yes. They sell what we want to hear, though I’d bet that most don’t want to admit it.
Oct 22, 2014 @ 22:13:11
Lynn, you did such a good job with this prompt. I just couldn’t write to it–firstly, I’m fed up with news and tend to get too sucked into the fear-mongering and (better) I’m completing the final edit of my new novel which I will especially promote in the Christian market. (Theme: forgiveness)
Oct 22, 2014 @ 22:28:54
Thanks for your kind comment, Victoria…and certainly we all need forgiveness!
Oct 22, 2014 @ 19:47:37
Oh yes, news sells…and as Bjorn said, it sometimes turns into a feeding frenzy.
Oct 22, 2014 @ 18:22:36
Ouch.. sometimes it’s almost like sharks feeding frenzy.. a single drop of blood and the hunt is on.
Oct 22, 2014 @ 22:32:01
Too true, Bjorn…a bloody feeding frenzy.
Oct 22, 2014 @ 18:06:53
we def feed the hysteria…when we buy it, they know they can get away with it…I use the same argument with the football games and such…as long as we buy merch and tickets, we are perpetuating a system….
Oct 22, 2014 @ 22:29:55
Good point, Brian…same for what movies we pay to see.
Oct 22, 2014 @ 17:17:37
yes…we are fed according to our taste…