Wozza's Place...: That's the 7 O'clock edition of the news, good night (Simon and Garfunkel)

Monday, September 22, 2025

That's the 7 O'clock edition of the news, good night (Simon and Garfunkel)

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Our recent family zoom had a discussion about watching the news. A few of us don't watch the news cycles on TV anymore - too depressing in their fixation with Trump/ death/ and violence, but a few of us still do.

I choose not to pander to Trump's insatiable need to dominate the conversation, instead I get my daily world news from the BBC headlines and The Morning Brew - a newsletter that visits my email inbox each day.

Simon and Garfunkel's poignant song on their 1966 album (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme) called 7 O'Clock News/ Silent Night explains why I choose not to watch nightly news broadcasts better than I can. It also shows how little the news has changed in its approach.

Love and peace - Wozza

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