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The first thing I do every morning is reach for my phone and look at the news. The major newspaper sites and the ABC mostly. I digest what’s happened over night while I drink a cup of tea and then I go exercise while listening to more news on ABC radio.
I inhale the news all day every day. I always have.
Until a couple of months ago when I stopped.
I’m not sure what made me turn away but the compulsion to do so was so deeply embedded in me that I couldn’t help it.
![PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 11: Demonstrators gather in Place de la Republique prior to a mass unity rally to be held in Paris following the recent terrorist attacks on January 11, 2015 in Paris, France. An estimated one million people are expected to converge in central Paris for the Unity March joining in solidarity with the 17 victims of this week's terrorist attacks in the country. French President Francois Hollande will lead the march and will be joined by world leaders in a sign of unity. The terrorist atrocities started on Wednesday with the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12, and ended on Friday with sieges at a printing company in Dammartin en Goele and a Kosher supermarket in Paris with four hostages and three suspects being killed. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)](http://cdn.mamamia.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/24091729/Paris-anti-terror-march-3-600x315.jpg)
Top Comments
I don't like the way the news is reported. Why is one story more interesting than another which is not reported? Why is one death more reported than another?
The deposing of the elected Prime Minister Tony Abbott made 14 September 2015 one of the darkest days of the year.
The cowardly Turnbull couldn't get the title on his own merit, he had to plot, plan and white ant to achieve his base ambition.
It was a highlight for me. And my god, how I laughed.
It was a fabulous day for me. And considering all the awful things that happened in 2015, I think calling it one of the darkest days of the year is hyperbolic to say the least. Even for an Abbott fan.