News Junkies

Confessions of a Nightly News Junkie

Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen | Posted 04.15.2012

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Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen

During the last ten or twenty years, it's become tough for even the most savvy nightly news junkie to find out what he or she needs to know about the ongoing political circus in Washington.

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How Your Personality Dictates Your Interest In Politics

Tijana Milosevic | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tijana Milosevic

Why do some people embark on a news hunt the moment they open their eyelids in the morning, while others get the news only if it eventually gets them, when it dons the front page of virtually every media outlet available?

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It's The Bad News Bores: Celebratory Nature of News

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Laermer

Welcome to news observation as a sport. It's based on how often and how fast we can celebrate (typically bad) news with each other, and we all want to win as often as possible.

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