On the other hand, if reading the news hurts you could try to make a difference to the bits that hurt...
That said, I can't really talk - I very rarely catch a newspaper and am frequently caught off-guard when I'm trying to make an impassioned point about something I care deeply about and the person I'm talking to turns out to have a much firmer grasp of the facts involved (even if I still do't like the way they're using them).
I'm trying my best to walk the fine line between being so overwhelmed by the problems that I don't try to help and being so ignorant of them that I don't really know the issues behind possible solutions.
Re: News
That said, I can't really talk - I very rarely catch a newspaper and am frequently caught off-guard when I'm trying to make an impassioned point about something I care deeply about and the person I'm talking to turns out to have a much firmer grasp of the facts involved (even if I still do't like the way they're using them).
I'm trying my best to walk the fine line between being so overwhelmed by the problems that I don't try to help and being so ignorant of them that I don't really know the issues behind possible solutions.