# The crap that is on my local news

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crap-that-is-on-my-local-news/946032>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 8, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crap-that-is-on-my-local-news/946032 "2021-07-08T21:58:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crap-that-is-on-my-local-news/946032/21 "2021-07-12T19:35:06Z")

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This is the problem when people say that they wish that the news would report more “good news” and less “bad news.” 99% of “good news” is boring garbage like what the OP is discussing. Bad news is almost by definition more interesting and newsworthy than good.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crap-that-is-on-my-local-news/946032/22 "2021-07-13T06:30:52Z")

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> [@China\_Guy](#):
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> > [@BigT](#):
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> > And I totally get why shoehorning God into it is annoying. It’s not even like anything fortuitous happened.
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> That always chaps my ass and feels like a gotcha ya event when I read one. Fine if you’re copacetic with it, I’m jus’ saying it rubs me the wrong way. YMMV

It’s definitely the part of it that bugs me the most. The rest is just a lost-and-found ad, which doesn’t bother me too much, other than wishing they’d actually do what I mentioned Seth Meyers did. I even now remember the segment: “News we need right now.”

It’s also why I subscribe to r/UpliftingNews on Reddit, even as people continue to complain that said good news tends to also mention bad news—in that it’s something bad getting better.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crap-that-is-on-my-local-news/946032/23 "2021-07-13T13:09:01Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> with pages that are …stuck together

EWWW! What were they doing with that bible…wait, don’t tell me.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crap-that-is-on-my-local-news/946032/24 "2021-07-13T15:34:39Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> EWWW! What were they doing with that bible…wait, don’t tell me.

Hey, some of that Old Testament… Don’t knock it till you try it!

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