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יום רביעי, אפריל 26, 2006
  Chafetz Chaim VS Newsweek
I saw the following in the "Daily Halacha" from Yeshivat Beit El by R' David Samson.

In general, when it comes to secular magazines and newspapers, it is best to follow the always wise words of the Chafetz Chaim, who writes: 

“Due to our great sins, the evil inclination, who is the Satan, has instigated mankind to pursue after a new demise - to cause our brethren, the Children of Israel, to sin the sin of leitzanut (cynicism) and thus cause the removal of Divine Providence from the world via the reading of newspapers, which has increased so greatly in our times. These publications are filled with cynicism, evil speech, libel, scorn, untruth, and the outright mockery of G-d…Everyone will have to pay for this sin in the end, when they come before the King of Kings - those who print newspapers, those who sell them, and those who read them. This habit has become so ubiquitous that many Jews are so addicted to it, they cannot pass one day without reading a newspaper and wasting away many hours. 

“And I have heard something even more scandalous - that the Sabbath day and Holidays which were given to us at Sinai to be sanctified, have sunk to the very opposite through the work of the Satan, through the publication on Erev Shabbat of twice the number of newspapers, whose editors outdo themselves by filling the pages with all sorts of cynicism, mockery, evil talk, and lewdness. And many of our brethren spend the entire Sabbath day reading these matters!!!”[9] 

9. Shmirat HaLashon, Letters of the Chafetz Chaim, 42.






 
Comments:
but how else are you supposed to get information?
 
As one of my rabonim said, if something is really important people will tell you about it.

Also the whole article mentions frum publications, as an alternative.

Mishpacha magazine should be ok
or Hamodea.
 
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