Why I’m Better Informed And More Healthy Than You After 8 Years Of No MainStream Media

When news of the Boston Marathon tragedy broke, I saw it first on Twitter. For some inane reason I felt the need to turn on our television and tune to CNN. However, my father-in-law was visting, and knowing he is a FOX News guy, I reluctantly searched the DirecTV guide and tuned to the “fair and balanced” channel.

After an almost eight year news fast (I stopped consuming mainstream media news in 2005 after my disgust at the grandstanding and misreporting of Hurricane Katrina), I expected the...