I'm just the opposite. If I can avoid hearing/seeing the news, I do. It is, to me, just about the most boring thing in the world.

I figure I can count on my friends on FB or elsewhere to alert me if, say, there is an earthquake in Japan or someone is sabotaging US landmarks.

Some people take issue with this and think I have a don't-care attitude, I'm sure, but that's not it at all. I care very deeply when people are hurting - but I have too much of my own personal stress to try to take on the daily news.