It is very important these days NOT to watch the news. Media driven news is poisoned by popularism, commercialism, the ratings game, and lots of trash that opposes the truth.
I highly suggest you read the news!
One way to do this is to get yourself a Gmail account. Go to google.com/news and make customized news categories for yourself. Google then puts up relevant personalized news for you every minute, hour, and day! VERY COOL!
My categories are as follows:
World – Israel – Earthquake – EU Solana – and more
OTHER NEWS SOURCES (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED):
Jerusalem Post – Christian World
Fufilled Prophecy – Headline News Related to Bible Prophecy
With your theme on reading the news, you might like this blog. It was about what happens when there is no newspaper is left. The valuation of the average publicly traded newspaper in the U S is down more than 75% over the past 24 to 36 months.
http://baseball91.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/star-tribune-now-in-default/