There's a scene in the movie Wild At Heart which, in part, illustrates my feelings towards news radio, especially in the car:

LULA (attacking the dial) Jesus! How could anyone listen to this crap? Sailor jumps awake in fright as Lula yanks the car off the road and brings it to a screeching halt in the middle of the desert. SAILOR What's that, peanut? LULA I can't take no more of this radio... (switches it off) I ain't never heard so much concentrated weirdness in my life, Sailor Ripley, you find me some dancin' music right this minute... I MEAN IT!! Sailor starts spinning the dial. LULA (still crazed) The world's gettin' worse, I think, Sailor. And it don't sound like there's much we can do about it, neither. SAILOR This ain't news, sweetheart. I hate to tell ya.

A sampling of misery from today's news: Iraq, Iraq, maimed soldier, Vietnam, Palestine Hotel, Iraq, severed head, sexual abuse of deaf children by nuns, Cisco profit up, stock price down, prisoner abuse, body counts are back in vogue, Iraq, oh, and I almost forgot, Iraq.

RICHARD
(attacking the dial)
I can't take no more of this radio...
(switches it off)