It's selfish, but Kerry's loss has RUINED TV for me ..

[SoCalDem]

I was soooooooo looking forward to NOT having to watch endless appearances (invasions?) by the Heritage guys, the AEI barbie dolls, John Fund, Ed Gillespie, and all the other right wing trolls..

I used to enjoy Washington Journal, but more and more I just find myself turning it OFF. I see the lienup of their "guests", and I just cannot stomach those callers praising Jeeezussss and piling on the praise for these obnoxious "guests"..

A Kerry win would have FORCED c-span and most of the other networks to at least start to have some liberal guests (at least until DeLay started impeachment proceedings:(..)..

Four more years of these cretins has depressed me almost as much as the (potential?) loss..

[Pirate Smile]

1. I know. I can't watch anything. My entire lifestyle as a new junkie

has to change.

[katmondoo]

6. Me too

I am trying to think of something to replace my passion for politics with. 4 more years of this crap is intolerable.

[catzies]

77. Welcome to DU, katmondoo. How about keeping your passion for politics

but getting a new "object of your affections?"

My passion for politics is local politics.

How about you too? Don't give up, go local. :)

[Dark Secret]

80. I was fearful of a stolen election. So I taped some of the Kerry Rallies.

[NJ_Lib]

2. You're not alone...

All of my TV viewing habits have changed... I no longer watch any news programs... Actually, I haven't turned on the TV in over a week...

And I know many others in the same boat...

I wonder, will it affect the ratings?

[Blue_Roses]

44. I was wondering that too

November is sweeps month and I was wondering if the ratings were down since alot of us were tuning in anymore. I haven't watched cable or regular news since November 3 and don't plan to

[Zomby Woof]

3. I blocked all cable news channels

Including CSpan... all of them! And I do not miss them. I had been a junkie of all the cable news networks since Reagan, but the monkey is off my back. I am happier already.

You will be too. That shit just causes depression.

[HootieMcBoob]

22. I blocked CNN MSNBC and of course FOX NEWS

I will watch Countdown when I'm home and have the time but everything else on those channels are not going to be on in my house.

For TV news I'll watch:
Some network news (maybe)
NWI (or Indtv when it changes)
BBC
Link TV

That's it.

[SOS]

53. Me too

Fox, CNBC, CNN, MSRNC...all blocked.
It's nice to click throught the channels and see a blank screen where the right-wing propagandists used to be.
Print and web only from now on.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. One more time, with feeling . . .

Image from Kill Your Television

[ispeculate]

5. I stopped watching tv after I spent about a month straight being glued to

if after 9/11. Briefly I watched again after the invasion of Iraq. It's just a waste of time. If something is important enough you will see the headlines on the internet.

Someone mentioned survivor 7 last night on another thread and I was like...what is survivor 7 LOL duh.

[bleedingheart]

7. My life is actually becoming more organized because I watch less TV

I could really cancel basic cable and not notice...

[wishlist]

8. Terrible how election results are being used by media to justify RW slant

The election results have tilted the media even more to the RW pro-Bush slant as they justify the Repub victories by implying that Repubs are more competent with superior values that most Americans embrace. It is truly sickening.

[SoCalDem]

10. That 136K "mandate" somehow has been morphed into

the landslide of all eternity, and justification for Faithbased Bloviations of monumental proportions.

And to see the prompter-readers just agog with wonderment over what the EXIT POLLS tell them about "values" is driving me NUTS!!!..yep the SAME "TOTALLY BOGUS" and "HOPELESSLY SKEWED" polls that they totally blew off on election day..

and the slavishly brainwashed half of a nation lap it up like kittens at a saucer of warm milk

[American Tragedy]

9. The morning of November 3 was when I swore off televised news

Despite being a news and political junkie to the extreme, I haven't watched it since then. And I feel much better for it. I wonder if I will go back at all.

[pmbryant]

11. This happened four years ago for me

I don't understand how you were able to tolerate the last four years.

:shrug:

Peter

[SoCalDem]

12. Lots of batteries...

and click..... click....click.....click....click :)

The letters have worn off my remote :)

[BlueStatesForever]

25. I think I tolerated it because there was hope...

...that in the end, people would figure it out and get things right. They didn't.

Uninformed Americans SUCK

[pmbryant]

28. They failed this test. But there's another in four years.

So technically, there is still just as much hope now as their was four years ago.

I'm still not going to watch cable TV in the interim, however.

--Peter

[newyawker99]

70. Hi TeresainSammamishWA!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Carolina]

45. totally agree

I went into semi-blackout after theft 2000. I would occasionally tune in a "news" program based on a heads up from DUers or local friends but I always ended up disappointed. Yes, there was Paul O'Neill, Richard Clarke, Joseph Wilson, Bob Woodward (shill), parts of the 9/11 Commission, Dan Rather, Kitty Kelley ... But NOTHING ever came
of the exposes. It was always: now back to Michael Jackson or Kobe Bryant or Scott (still) Peterson.

TV sucks and besides, you get so much more done when you turn it off.

[UTUSN]

13. My Changes, as Opposed to "Ruined"

About the ONLY stuff I watched were the cable yakkers, non-stop. Clearly, after the calling-of-Florida-&-Ohio, I have not been in the mood to watch any of these. I'm sure that Tweety and O'Whorely have felt a change in their ratings overall (i.e., not from ME).

I used to be a movie-phobe. After the first three days, when I didn't want to watch ANYTHING, I started putting it on any movie or other non-political thing. I have seen more movies in the past week and a half than in the past two years together. Saw "Kiss Me, Kate" the day Howard KEEL died (or maybe the outlet knew he had died already and ran it as a tribute)------giving me a total discovery about Mr KEEL and the movie.

I had thought that the movie stars were trivial luxuries, but watching how they easily sweep into politics with their voice, presence, and stagecraft training, as opposed to our stiff professional politicians, I'm thinking...

Anyway, haven't seen a single Tweety or O'REILLY. HAVE dipped into OLBERMANN again. Usually I avoid the ones I AGREE with.

[SoCalDem]

14. Olbermann is the only one I'm watching now

:)

I think he's a
The others are slavish clones of each other..

Thank you KEITH

[xultar]

15. I've been CNN free for over a week now! YIPPEE!!!! WE need AAR TV

If I'm going to be fed propaganda I pay for through cable I better get the propagand I want.
If not IT is
Action Channel
Mystery Channel
National Geographic
Discovery
Scifi
Comedy Central (except South Park)
Turner Classic Movies
A&E
Bravo (Man Hunt...Grrr Delish)
Sundance
Independent Film Channel

[Pirate Smile]

30. A couple of days after the election I told my husband that I want

satellite radio - the one that you put in the car and then can pop out and put in a boom box at home (XM or Sirius, I'm not sure yet).

The cable news channels are intolerable now (except Olberman).

I get bored with only music after a little while although a ton of stations will be nice, along with a variety of talk radio and not just the RW crap that is on our AM stations here.

[SoCalDem]

32. Sirius is the one you want.. I do too..

It has the whole AAR lineup.. XM carries only some of it.. and I think XM is somehow linked to Murdoch.clearchannel

[Ripley]

37. XM SUCKS!

I checked out both (just bought Sirius a few weeks ago). XM has an entire category called RELIGION or INSPIRATIONAL or whatever. They have Hannity, Savage, etc. NASCAR even. Yech.

While Sirius has Fox (I guess they do beat CNN in numbers) they have lots of liberal or educational channels XM doesn't.

Hope that helps!

[SoCalDem]

38. I have a question..

Can you listen to CNN live, or do they have a "radio" version of "news"..??

Is it hard to program?? (It took me months to figire out how to switch from Am to FM on my car radio, so you can see how "challenged" I am:eyes:

[Ripley]

39. Don't know about CNN...but their Headline News was live.

When I listened to it last week. Frankly, I've only been enjoying the hundreds of music stations. Jazz Cafe to First Wave (Classic Alternative!) are great. And AAR.

Not hard to program, but I first used it while driving across the South and it was a pain in the butt to keep finding a new frequency. Whenever you come into a new city, the bands are usually pretty full, so I had to adjust to a new one. However, just using it locally..no prob. It has lots of storage space to put in your favorite channels, haven't done that yet tho.

[SoCalDem]

40. Thanks.. I may go get it today..

:)

I am sick of listening to mariachis,evangelists, and rightwing wackos:)

[Ripley]

43. Heehee.

I was sick of listening to country twang, evangelists and rightwing wackos. :)

[DancingBear]

59. Sirius has just added the entire CNN line-up to its programming

Aaron Brown, Paula Zahn. Larry King, Lou Dobbs.

Just like watching CNN - only on the radio.

Now why any one would WANT this is another story. :) :)

Sirius is very easy to program - they'll even walk you through it via the phone if you'd like. It will cost you an exta $10 vs. doing it yourself, but if you need the help it is there.

Also, as others have stated, they give you the full slate of AAR, plus another channel called Sirius Left with Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, etc.

[Hoping4Change]

57. Oh no Mr Bill say it isnt so about XN. Dang. I was searching

for sat radio info just last night and what caught my eye was a portable sat radio XN is bringng out. I didn't even think about what channels they carry. Good grief.

[Hoping4Change]

55. This is so bizarre. On Nov 3 I cancelled cable as I basically had

for news beint a news junkie. I/m so sickened by the news media I cancelled cable. The bizarre is just last night I was googling for info about satelitte radio. FYI XN Radio? is coming out with a portable unit that looks like a walkman!

[Touchdown]

71. You want the Audiovox Plug-n-Play Sirius reciever.

The Audiovox has a boombox you can plug your reciever into, also the car, and home stereo.

I bought the JVC, and e-mailed them about if they were going to get a boom box for their P-n-P, but they never responded with a yes or no. So the JVC doesn't have a boombox. :(

Sirius has been a lifesaver over the last 2 weeks!

[Pirate Smile]

Thanks. I'll bookmark this thread for the info.

[otohara]

50. Sundance Not Airing Al Franken Anymore

I guess....I liked watching it, now it's gone...

[BlueStatesForever]

16. OLBERMANN, OLBERMANN, OLBERMANN

Keith Olbermann's show has become literally the only show to watch.

Don't forget about him. He's actually reporting the news!

[Rockholm]

17. I have done the same thing.

Just wait til their ratings come out. There should be huge drops in viewership. I may start watching Olbermann on a regular basis. Other than that, no more "news" except local news for me.

[Warpy]

18. I have never been able to tolerate the Sunday gasbag shows

and their extreme right wing bias. That is nothing new. What I can't do now is flip on the set early in the morning to catch the local weather, and this pisses me off no end. It's a constant parade of right wing talking heads, with Lauer acting as fluffer.

I've bagged corporate news completely. I'd rather read the whole story on the net than see a 10 second film clip with poor commentary between deodorant commercials. The Simpsons comes on at that hour, anyway, and it tells me more about what's going on in the world than any of those overpaid blowdried bobbleheads.

Other than that, if the thing is on, it's PBS.

I've been rediscovering the pleasure of recorded music.

[SoCalDem]

29. I NEVER watch the Sunday Gasbag Parade

They never "interview" people anyway.. The pundits show up with their memorized talking points, and the prompter readers spend the whole time trying to make the "guests" say something that can be used against the, at a later date..Blecccch!!!

[Stephanie]

19. Be like me

I'm learning to love The Bachelor and America's Top Model. It's refreshing, like a nap.

[Pirate Smile]

34. I watched Wife Swap for the first time last night. It was pretty

interesting.:crazy:

I think a new season of the Amazing Race starts next week. That is always good

[Karenca]

20. Stopped watching Nov 3

Except for Olbermann.

[BlueStatesForever]

23. JON STEWART TOO

Oh my Gosh was Jon Stewart funny last night. The silver cloud to the nastiness that has fallen on our country is that Jon Stewart's RAGE makes him even FUNNIER. And I didn't think it was possible for him to be funnier.

[Pirate Smile]

36. Stewarts take on the whole Arafat - dead, not dead story on

Tuesday night was hilarious. I'm sure it will be fun tonight.

[riverwalker]

21. another former news junkie here

now going cold turkey. No TV anymore, I can't stand it. If it's all lies, why bother? I used to watch them all, all the time, was seriously addicted. Now it's only Air America all day. We only recently got Mike Malloy here on a stronger local signal. I used to wonder why you guys always raved about him, and wished I could hear him. Now I know. The guy is phenomenal. I would die without him.
(If I had MSNBC I would watch Keith Olberman however)

[otohara]

76. Cold Turkey Here Too

it's weird - can't watch anything except Democracy Now, Frontline, NOW and AAR. Can't stomach NPR either.

[HEAVYHEART]

24. I know

I know what you mean. As far as news channels, all I watch now is Keith Olbermann's coverage on the voter fraud stuff. It's on at 8pm every night on MSNBC. And that's it. Unless the other media whores start covering the fraud issues, I will NEVER ever watch them again. EVER.

[mortimer_az]

26. Corporate commercial news

The news stations ceased to be news along time ago. They are info-tainment, no better than a RonCo chicken rotisserie commercial. That's why I come here and a few other web pages for news.

It seems like people post news here faster than MSNBC or CNN, anyways.

[Triana]

27. I haven't watched TV in FOUR years...

...except when at my mother's house. She refuses to turn it off, but at least she is smart enough not to believe the crap.

I have a TV but only use it for DVD/VCR. I have NO cable TV and don't want it.

Waste of $ - nothing on but garbage...Just turn it off.

[rndmprsn]

31. me too...haven't watch cabl news since the election

aside from the keith olberman...still bitter, a bit...but i just dont want to voluntarily subject myself to garbage.

[realFedUp]

33. Stopped watching re-runs.....

We've seen these shows and pundits before...
turn it all off.

[Beam Me Up]

35. Stopped watching TV after the selection of 2000

Everyone must STOP BUYING CORPORATE REALITY.

It is BULLSHIT.

[skippysmom]

41. I only watch sports and silly TV shows

And I have turned away from NPR and only listen to Air America. I honestly don't give a shit what the right wing has to say.

[Butterflies]

42. I pay more attention to my family now

instead of being glued to the TV. I guess that's the bright side.

[NJ_Lib]

46. Who would have thought

that I would be sitting on pins and needles waiting for a new season of The Amazing Race to begin...

But I am... :)

[skippysmom]

47. Me too!

I love that show!

[rman]

48. nothing much changed about the media since nov 1

it has been like that for a long time.

[rhino47]

49. I am lost now .I cant watch the news.

Its weird now I realise how my day was loosely set around watching certain programs.
I still watch NOW and Frontline on pbs.

[KoKo]

51. Can't watch anything. Not even C-Span...As you said it's changed and

it seems to be just more of the same Repug stuff. I can't watch anything...just as well throw the TV out. I felt like this after the Mid-terms and it took me awhile to be able watch anything.

There's a "lock down" now that's incredible. It started just about three weeks before the Election. The "REAL" lockdown.

Only show I watched was MSNBC's Olberman one night and I freaked out so bad I came here on DU and raved that "HE CAVED...HE CAVED." That turned out not to be accurate and I felt lousy for posting that, but it made me realize that I just have to keep it all off.

Can't even watch movies...nothing. It's as if the world has changed and I'm somewhere floating above looking down on an America I don't recognize.

I guess it's just a freaky reaction...and it will take some time for me to get back my balance. But, I don't think the "programming" is going to change...it will have to be me that changes to accept propaganda and not get upset by it. :eyes:

Sad about C-Span though. Aside from Washington Journal and the idiot callers I like their Book Notes and some of the Forums where the Think Tanks pontificated....

[omnithrope]

52. I thought I was the only one.

I haven't watched TV, not even Jon, since the election.
I only keep my cable for my modem now.

[ignatius 2]

54. I have watched only one thing on TV since the ele and it was

so corny but I loved every minute of it. It was an extreme home meakeover of 2 deaf adults, their blind and austistic young son and their 14 year old who was so wonderful in the way he selflessly helped his family and took care of his little brother. After the home was revealed, they presented the 14 year old with a $50,000 scholarship I cried like a baby.

As for anything but H&G tv, I know I will eventually tune in, but for now it is just too damn depressing.

[Mad_Dem_X]

75. The only thing I watch that resembles news is TDS

I hardly watch TV except for TDS and The Simpsons.

[opihimoimoi]

56. Me too, watching more history and movies now.

The whackos are piling it on. Especially alan simpson on Real Time...

[natrat]

58. i was a washington journal junkie every morning

but now anyone w/ a right slant depresses me. I just find the right absurd and immoral ; even if the person makes some sense, for them to associate w/ * is deplorable.

So I like : The Brini Maxwell Show- A transvestite with a show similar to martha stewart on style network.omfg is it funny

scifi Chanel for old star trek
tnt for law and order
hbo/showtime for movies
local news for weather only

sirius for howard stern soon

[magnolia]

60. Me too...

It's left a big hole. I remember the times and think...gotta watch...and then...I don't care. I only watch Jon Stewart now.

A few days ago I turned it on...got a phone call...came back to Anderson Cooper with a guy from Calif. who claimed 9/11 was a conspiracy. Among other things, he said the Pentagon was an explosion, not an airplane. They had a debunker on too who was allowed to do most of the talking. The Calif. guy was the last to talk and when he started the sound went off and the camera went to Anderson Cooper...who sat there for many minutes looking confused and not saying anything. Finally the camera went back to the guy who was still talking with no sound. Anderson then just ended the segment. I thought...this is big...went directly to DU. I guess nobody saw it...nobody cares...I don't care either.

To fill in the TV viewing gap, may I suggest shows like Trading Spaces...entertaining and informative. Watching the transformation of a room is somewhat comforting after having failed so miserably at trying to change the world.

[Lorien]

61. I cut the basic cable on got Netflix instead

Netflix is owned by Progressives, and they have ALL the progressive films and documentaries.

I'm doing a general shopping boycott ("starving the corporate beast"). Not watching television makes it much easier to stop shopping.

[SoCalDem]

64. I stopped shopping ages ago.. My poor husband has to BEG me to go ..

A while back, we were oout of milk for a MONTH.. and out of potatoes for 2 weeks.

Neither are things he's supposed to have, so ......

I have started going every few months to costco, and then occasionally to the store near my house for say to day stuff..

I have a freezer and a pantry, and cooking for 2 is a drag..so I don't shop much..

Clothes shopping ended ages ago..Mother nature's gift of a belly after menopause, has totally turned me off of clothes shopping.. I am not gonna spend money on something that does not look better than stuff I already have.. I could open a store with all the different sizes I have :(

We drive a 91 Honda Accord-EX...no desire for a new one.

We are the "Anti-consumer household"

[bloom]

78. I bought Naomi Klein's "No Logos" book today

-at a used book bookstore.

It's the first thing I've bought since I don't know when. :)

[bloom]

62. I've been watching Democracy Now and I saw the Frontline show

about advertising and Luntz and his language manipulations (which was excellent).

I've watched the Daily Show - but it isn't as much fun anymore.

I'm mostly avoiding TV.

[Generator]

72. Democracy now ! is my new fav

Now I know when it's on my cable access and can turn right in.

I don't think I ever want to see Chris Matthews face again.

CNN-never gonna happen, I'd rather have a root canal.

The Daily Show is sadder for me too. It's not so funny anymore. What I would have done for for four years of making fun of Kerry's way of talking instead of Bush's way of killing.

[hlthe2b]

63. ditto

I really wish those of us who are not watching would cancel cable and write letters why (include Viacom, Disney, CNN, and GE)

[Javaman]

65. How about this? Turn off the fucking TV!!!

[stanwyck]

66. BBC America and NetFlix

that's it for me. I'm not even watching Jon Stewart or Bill Maher. Yet. I'll go back. Right now, I'm healing. It's going to take a while. I have to come to terms with living in Wal-Mart, not America. So, I'm in denial. Watching old episodes of "Homicide", curtesy of NetFlix, and getting the news from the Brits. My method of coping with the destruction of my country.

[fujiyama]

90. I'm in a similar situation

I think I've come to the final stage of grief/healing though. I've come to acceptance - acceptance that the nation fucked itself big a week ago. The first few days after the election I was in a complete daze. I still get depressed thinking about how different things might have been.

I haven't been able to watch Stewart since election night and I used to watch it religiously. At the moment, politics just doesn't make me laugh. I haven't watched Maher in weeks.

I'm feeling healthier and more productive. I have been listening to a lot more music (classical and classic rock), I've been reading books, and getting more school work done. I realized there was no need to know every detail about what's happening in the world. I catch the headlines. I have a good enough idea of what's going on on...and am probably more informed than most of my friends.

I'm really at that point where I don't care about the news. I still do come to DU because I like the community and I like to see others' ideas on what can be done to improve the party's chances in '06 and '08.

In time I'll probably start watching the Daily Show again.

[stanwyck]

96. I guess it will take us a while

to get the fire back. I really thought we were going to rid ourselves of the Bush plague. In time, we'll be able to fight again. And win. But I'm with you for now. Time to reassess. Find or return to other pursuits. Good luck with your journey. And keep coming to DU so we can help each other.

[SmokingJacket]

67. How great would it be if 50,000,000 cancelled their cable??

Man, that sends chills down my spine.

[Chovexani]

68. I've been watching Food Network almost non-stop since Nov 2.

It's the only thing I can watch besides cartoons, Lost, Smallville & Desperate Housewives. I've been avoiding the "news" like the plague.

[fujiyama]

91. Food Network

is very therapeutic. It's almost soothing.

I think cooking, like art and physical exercise, is a great way to spend the time that would otherwise make some of us angry or depressed.

[Dora]

69. Take the plunge into a television-less LIFE... it happened to me!

The same thing happened for me after the '00 election debacle. I got rid of my television in March 2001 - I just up and gave it to Goodwill when I saw their pickup van in my parking lot one weekend.

The anxiety wasn't fun. I took up crochet. I washed my dishes by hand instead of using the dishwasher. My apartment was cleaner. The anxiety I felt not having a tv in the house was a very real anxiety. I didn't like it at all.

But I got used to it. My mind became calmer. I found I could get all my news needs filled by reading the paper, listening to the radio, and surfing the internet.

I moved in with my fiancee in Dec 01, and began watching tv again (he had one at his house). I felt awful, all the time. We were burglarized and thank goodness they took the television.

We've been TV-free now since May 02, and our life is so different than it was with television. Bliss. Bliss. Bliss.

The getting-used-to of a tv-less life takes some time, but it is so very much worth it.

I know I'm so very evangelical about it. Thank you for listening. (If I had a pamphlet to hand to you, I would.)
:+

[Liberal Classic]

74. I eminently agree!

I cancelled cable after I lost my job this summer and I haven't looked back. In fact, I haven't turned on the television in months. I don't miss it at all.

Think about all the extra free time!

[Dora]

79. Don't throw it out! If you drape a cloth over it

it makes a lovely side table, don't you think? We could all use a little more horizontal surface in our lives on which to stack the piles of reading material that accumulate in our LAT (Life After Television).

We don't have one in the house at all, and sometimes I consider getting a compact LCD tv I could fold up and put away somewhere difficult to get to.

But then I remember my viewing habits. I was a tv junkie, a tv whore; I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE CABLE and I watched 5-6 hours a day after work, more on the weekends.

I've been saved.

[Liberal Classic]

73. On the balance, consider this a good thing

I cancelled cable and haven't turned on the television in months.

[Tomee450]

81. I've stopped watching the news channels too.

Can't take all of the right wing bias. The cable channels are especially bad. I used to love CNN but it has shifted to the right.

[Mountainman]

82. They is nothing I want to watch on TV anymore

If I get the remote and start looking at what's on I find nothing of interest or noting that I feel can teach anything. I use to love learning new things by watching TV but it seems all dumned down now or has right wing slant.

I think that news shows my find that half of the nation isn't watching. What kind of a market do we make? Who wants to sell to us?

[SoCalDem]

85. That's what's scary..They HAVE to know they are shutting out 50%

and yet they seem not to even care.. The most important thing to the powers that be...the message...

They DO like the money, but I'm betting that their "numbers" are as phony as Enron's bottom line..

The monopoly that exists now, all but makes it impossible for any "new" ideas to emerge..

The formerly good channels all suck now too..TLC..Discovery..A&E...History...

most of those have taken a "fluff" or "propaganda" turn..

I GOT cable so we would have TLC..and it's NOTHING like it used to be..

[linazelle]

83. No "news" for me either...I, like you, just don't want to hear nonsense nt

Is that so wrong? :shrug:

[deacon]

84. Thats because the media is a FACT lock down--they were told not

to look into voter descrepencies. It's just unbeleivable. These aren't journalists. They are an arm of the executive branch.

The GOP want to change the recount rules should there be one in Ohio. First they challenge voters, get the press banned from where they are challenging them and now want to change the rules. This proves their guilt. This proves they fixed the election in Ohio.

[SoCalDem]

86. I call them "prompter readers" or "fax transcribers"

never journalists..

[chookie]

87. Fuck TV

"News" in the USA has become as absurd as"news" in the USSR, or during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Gotta love the irony that "we" have become more "soviet" than the Soviets themselves. Gotta love the irony that "we" are going to go down in history as one of those myserious stories of how many thousands of decent people propped up a murderous imperialist dictator

I read. I think. Obviously a dangerous person.....

I just *monitor* US news broadcasts, when I can stand them. Fuck -- even the knowledgeable Peter Jennings has been bought, so fuck him too, and I mean, REALLY fuck him -- because he is NOT ignorant of the implications he reports on, and is just a stupid government-sanctioned haircut anchor guy. The BS over Fallujah and president pinhead's mandate sicken me. FUCK! -- even Dan Rather is running pro-war stuff again..... (We think of Kings and Queens as powerful, when in fact they are ruled by their courts as ruthlessly as we are....)

excuse the caps, but -- THERE HAS GOT TO BE AN UPRISING! They love **cash** FAR MORE than they love Jesus and Zion. Give up cable, if you can. Can we find a way to get Jon Stewart and FreeSpeech TV without enriching the Reich? Hey -- Richard Branson and George Soros -- have lunch and discuss this! Let's keep access FREE.

I have scoffed at boycotts of CNN sponsors == what? Avocor? Enzyte? Bowflex?

we have o come up with something better.....

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

89. I've never bought cable.

It's a waste of money for my family. Whatever we see for TV we get off the antenna.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

88. I can't stand to watch any news anymore,

even local news. I still watch some TV. I watch a few kids programs (like Sesame Street) on PBS with my son. My husband likes to watch Smallville, Charmed, and Voyager whenever those programs are on. I might watch the Simpsons on occasion, though rarely. That's about it for us. Most of the time the TV is off at our house.

[SoCalDem]

92. We are on Dish and get some great channels

we get several university channels and 6 PBS channels.. There's usually something on that's interesting.. and FSTV and Link too..

c-span is what I will miss.. but I refuse to watch another show with Heritage/AEI..etc..

and washington Journal is now on my shitlist :)

I am having company for Thanksgiving, so I need the extra free time to clean my house.. It will take THAT long :scared:

[The Minus World]

93. As if it wasn't bad enough before the election,

I become incensed - especially at the cable-news pundits, whenever they start parroting the word "mandate," or talking about "Where the Democrats went wrong in 2004."

I believe it has something to do with the following facts:

1.) Even if Bush won legitimately, the margin of his victory is hardly large enough to claim a mandate.

2.) Democrats didn't do anything wrong in 2004. The Anybody But Bush sentiment woke up many apolitical individuals who would have regularly stayed at home on election day, but somehow we're supposed to believe that there's this invisible legion of fundamentalists that Bush's team secretly mobilized to counteract a cultural groundswell of opposition to Bush.

Sorry, corporate news, but I'm not buying it; and I don't think the rest of thinking America is, either.

[C.C.D.]

94. I gave it up some time ago. (m)

Its awful how many people think the TV is the Gospel...if they didn't see it on the news it just didn't happen. Y'all can see the influence it has on politics too with all the soundbites folks have stuck in their minds! I will never have another TV set in my house.

Toss the damn things out y'all!

[lilfroggy]

95. I've turned it off

I've turned it off too..you're not alone.

[nolabels]

97. Pretty soon you will get used to not watching it

It will even feel good not watching it. I can honestly say I don't miss any of it (for a long time now)

It get's better, much better :-)