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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:00 PM Dec 2016

Who Else has stopped watching broadcast news since the election?

I am wondering if I am not alone.

I refuse to give my energy to a de facto arm of the KGB. It wasn't *vague* that these were hacks by them...

There are things we need to do..boycotts, etc..and we need to tie Twitler and Mitch McConnell together like peas in a fucking pod. Because they are.

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Who Else has stopped watching broadcast news since the election? (Original Post) LaydeeBug Dec 2016 OP
yes myself ... but its more to do with my personal situation ... I suddenly became alone... MyNameIsKhan Dec 2016 #1
I don't watch much shenmue Dec 2016 #2
Me, almost completely. TDale313 Dec 2016 #3
What means "broadcast"? I rarely watch cable-light news, but I do watch local stuff... TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #4
Cannot watch anymore KT2000 Dec 2016 #5
Going back to reading books katmondoo Dec 2016 #7
I have... chillfactor Dec 2016 #6
I haven't watched broadcast news since tube TVs. pangaia Dec 2016 #8
im going on 4 years of not turning my tv on juxtaposed Dec 2016 #9
I stopped watching broadcast news AND listening to left-leaning TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #10
left leaning radio? LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #11
Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Norman Goldman... TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #14
I actually used to stream out of Chicago too, and think LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #28
Right here. Downgraded my satellite service so don't receive CNN, MSNBC, fox, and CNBC still_one Dec 2016 #12
I'm guessing you mean cable news and not broadcast news TexasProgresive Dec 2016 #13
Nope. I mean *any* of it. Broadcast news spread Russian Propaganda too. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #29
I downgraded my cable Sticky Dec 2016 #15
Same here. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #16
About the only broadcast news I watch is PBS newshour. Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #17
I stopped watching years ago apcalc Dec 2016 #18
On election night I said no more kimbutgar Dec 2016 #19
Yes. Or reading the newspaper. Or reading CNN online, etc. Or radio. Only DU for a while for me. C Moon Dec 2016 #20
I have not watched broadcast news since 2004. liberal N proud Dec 2016 #21
You can watch MSNBC for free here.. cpmx2006 Dec 2016 #22
Raising my hand. Can't bear it. n/t MANative Dec 2016 #23
I used to be a news junkie and watched mostly MSNBC...now not so much. Auntie Bush Dec 2016 #24
I don't anymore, nor does anyone I know. I'm watching "Breaking Bad" as we speak Hamlette Dec 2016 #25
Rachel MFM008 Dec 2016 #26
Me bravenak Dec 2016 #27
Me, too. I made that decision on election night. Never again. nancy1942 Dec 2016 #30
I got rid of my cable a while back and wonder avebury Dec 2016 #31
I realized just before the election when the cable media tenisfin Dec 2016 #32
I was pretty much addicted (as pissed off as I would get sometimes) up through election night. world wide wally Dec 2016 #33
Oh absolutely Emilybemily Dec 2016 #34
Stopped back in 2009 - 10 Historic NY Dec 2016 #35
I stopped after the 2004 election bs. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2016 #36
Me mcar Dec 2016 #37
cut the cord in 2014 crazycatlady Dec 2016 #38
I stopped watching after the '04 election. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #39
Haven't watched any local, broadcast, nor cable 'news' program since Nov.8th. sinkingfeeling Dec 2016 #40
Stopped watching broadcast news years ago-- now am boycotting any and all cable news ailsagirl Dec 2016 #41
Haven't watched a minute Johnny2X2X Dec 2016 #42
Stopped watching world and national news, both broadcast and cable meow2u3 Dec 2016 #43

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. What means "broadcast"? I rarely watch cable-light news, but I do watch local stuff...
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:04 PM
Dec 2016

and PBS. And listen to NPR.

My favorite sources are print based, and been around for a while. NY Times, New Yorker, WaPo, Atlantic... Newsday for local stuff.



KT2000

(20,843 posts)
5. Cannot watch anymore
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:05 PM
Dec 2016

we are going down and they are describing the décor like it is HGTV. Cannot participate.

 

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
14. Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Norman Goldman...
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:18 PM
Dec 2016

Alan Colmes and Wayne Besen out of Chicago. I used to livestream these shows from WCPT in Chicago. I was going to stop listening to The Stephanie Miller Show anyway, tho - she's just not FUNNY anymore!

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
28. I actually used to stream out of Chicago too, and think
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:43 PM
Dec 2016

she started getting more serious minded after she came out. Like it really dawned on her that she could make a difference so she started being a bit more news commentator than stand up comedian. Like she lost her footing when she stood her ground. It's kind of awkward now.

TexasProgresive

(12,292 posts)
13. I'm guessing you mean cable news and not broadcast news
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:15 PM
Dec 2016

Broadcast is over the air received with an antenna. That's what we have. I watch a local NBC affiliate for local in the AM and switch to CBS for the national news. At night we watch ABC news and PBS News Hour. We don't have cable or satellite so CNN, FAUX, M$NBC etal are not available or wanted. What people call news is not generally news but commentary/opinion. You get that with broadcast news but that's pretty much all you get with the 24 hour cable news companies. They have a lot of time to fill. I won't watch them.

When I am in a waiting room with the ubiquitous cable snooze shows on, I am able to tune it out by reading my book.

Sticky

(1,406 posts)
15. I downgraded my cable
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:20 PM
Dec 2016

the day after the election. Never thought I would quit MSNBC but it's been easy to leave it behind. A 25-year news junkie cured in one day.

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,972 posts)
16. Same here.
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:21 PM
Dec 2016

I watch over the air. The news comes on at 6:30 and 7:00. If I get home after 7:30, I don't see the news.

apcalc

(4,518 posts)
18. I stopped watching years ago
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:29 PM
Dec 2016

It's rarely news-it's entertainment...total bullshit..

Plus nothing in depth...nothing...
Where's the real news?

BBC

kimbutgar

(23,283 posts)
19. On election night I said no more
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:32 PM
Dec 2016

Haven't turned on any cable news. Though my husband insisted on watching the Bernie townhall. But I just can't saturate in it anymore for my sanity.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
24. I used to be a news junkie and watched mostly MSNBC...now not so much.
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:15 PM
Dec 2016

In fact rarely. Can't stand Joe and hate to see tRumps distorted face everywhere.
Will not watch his inauguration. Just the thoughts of it make me sick.

Hamlette

(15,531 posts)
25. I don't anymore, nor does anyone I know. I'm watching "Breaking Bad" as we speak
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:17 PM
Dec 2016

I used to watch up to 3 hours a day of news (MSNBC) but now, nada. I just don't want to hear about him.

avebury

(11,073 posts)
31. I got rid of my cable a while back and wonder
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 12:03 AM
Dec 2016

why I didn't do it sooner.

Outside of the local weather I am not even interested in the local news. I stick to DU an appreciate it when someone posts a link to a good/relevant story. I have really tried to not spend a lot of energy on what is going on, it is too much like watching a train wreck.

I think that how the Democrats handle the situation in Congress will say a lot about how much they are willing to draw a line in the sand and fight back. This will be a make or break time on whether the Democrats can pull it together to fight for change and to make advances in Congress (and hopefully take back the WH).

tenisfin

(36 posts)
32. I realized just before the election when the cable media
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 01:00 AM
Dec 2016

Reported with glee and abandon about how Obamacare premiums were increasing next year but failed to mention the many premiums which were either staying the same or decreasing that I couldn't take it any more. These days, I read the LA or NY Times, read Newsweek and visit some political websites and my nerves are the better for it. I can read what BS Smellyanne is spewing rather than watch it and stay calmer.

world wide wally

(21,830 posts)
33. I was pretty much addicted (as pissed off as I would get sometimes) up through election night.
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 01:03 AM
Dec 2016

The way it was unfolding put me in a more cynical mood than usual. Then Tweety was trying to play Mr Brain or something and said, "Maybe the voters decided they wanted a more conservative Supreme Court". That was the final straw. So I am with you all!
There is nothing possible to hear about that is good anymore. The next thing I will tune if for will be Trump's funeral if it is soon.
Fuck TV news

Crunchy Frog

(26,980 posts)
39. I stopped watching after the '04 election.
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 09:34 AM
Dec 2016

In fact, I cut my cable after that election, and when they asked why, I told them. In fact, I've been boycotting the corporate media ever since. I'll read and watch things that I can freely access online, but I won't pay for them.

meow2u3

(24,922 posts)
43. Stopped watching world and national news, both broadcast and cable
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 04:26 PM
Dec 2016

Watching only local news, tuning out everything Tramp. I have to get the weather somehow.

Otherwise, I get my news from left-leaning and/or center-left sites.

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