We have MANY channels and sources for news and commentary now -- let's talk about the good and potentially bad aspects of this.
As a kid you could get your news on TV from three networks (where I grew up, only two, because the antenna wasn't that good). There were only a couple of options for newspapers in any region. Radio stations didn't carry a lot of news. Someone else pretty much dictated what you saw and heard.
With blogs, websites, multiple news channels and their derivatives available on cable and radio, almost every newspaper is online, even automated news aggregators from multiple sources -- there are millions of sources and avenues to get news and commentary, from every conceivable perspective and worldview.
The plus side of this is that you are limited by what a few people decide is newsworthy, or how they choose to present it. You can gain access to multiple perspectives on the same events, and get a more complete picture of what's going on...if you choose to.
The downside is that if you aren't diligent, you can spend hours daily in a news stream and never hear or read something that contradicts your preferred perspective. It's been said of several presidents "How did he get elected? No one I know voted for him!"
I believe it's important for you, men, because you are leaders in your families, to be well-informed and work with multiple perspectives. That takes some energy, some discipline. This situation is only going to get more complicated in the future, so it is important to train your children about these things.
Ground everything in reliable Scripture, and be discerning, but don't limit your intake to one preferred perspective.
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