Earlier this week, a radio talk show host said she knew someone who said, "At my age, I've earned the right to be uninformed. I don't watch the news..."
I wish I'd heard what came before and after that statement. Out of context, my gut reaction was, "That ill-informed person certainly isn't required to keep up with the news, but deliberately tuning it out to that degree is generally ill-advised--and best left unsaid."
