With two days remaining in 2022 we're stuck with endless loops of yesterday's news.
Year in Review stories are circulating on all the mainstream and social media outlets. All showing the same images carefully selected by a secret board of wealthy censors.
Where's the real time news?
It's getting compacted into small segments as images from the past take precedence in every broadcast.
It's like living in the movie "Groundhog Day" as viewers are fed the same images over and over again for days.
Why? Its traditional media historians say.
I don't like that. We should live every day like it's our last and not dwell on the past.
I don't have a problem with celebrating the past year on New Year's Day. One day of remembrance is sufficient.
Full disclosure...
As a newspaper journalist I know how it makes work easier for editors doing their best with minimal staffs because of the holidays.
I've done it myself as an editor but always felt a little guilty about using fillers like Year in Review in the lame duck days of the year.
As it stands, now long retired, I cherish each day I have left and live for the moment.
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