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Wed Nov-17-04 11:26 AM
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Who else is Cable News Free? |
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I am "sober" 15 days now, life could not be better!
If you are still "using" you are doing yourself a great disservice.
boycott the bastards
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:26 AM
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1. I am!!! I read the internet newspapers for the news now! |
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:26 AM
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:29 AM
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:27 AM
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3. Done since the election. |
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Except for Olberman and Dobbs, but I forget to watch even them very often.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:28 AM
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I won't watch the shit anymore. All of them might as well rename themselves as Bush News Network.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:28 AM
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5. Easy to do when you don't have cable |
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We get all the broadcast stations clearly, so no need yet.
I try not to look at it when I'm in the gym.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:32 AM
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15. We don't have it either |
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I only watch cable when we're in hotels or visiting family. And even then I limit what I watch.
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:03 PM
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57. Not me - when I get a chance to watch it I gorge |
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Not on news, ever, but on stuff like Comedy Central, BBC America, History Channel, HBO, "Animal Planet" and even QVC.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:29 AM
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6. TV Free For Three Years Now - It Is Quite Liberating |
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:33 AM
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17. me too, even the network "news" is propaganda |
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:17 PM
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48. TV Free Since 1996 - of course, now there's DU . . . |
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. . . but at least I can learn something new every day here, as opposed to the bad old days of telegoo.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:30 AM
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8. Haven't had cable TV in years |
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I do watch some TV (not news...) at other peoples' houses, but other than that, I'm not buying it (literally and figuratively). I sure miss Jon Stewart, though. The only news that's fit to watch!
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:30 AM
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I have been TV news sober since |
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11/2 :) I read The Guardian for news now.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:07 PM
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I come to DU for news 1st and use an RSS reader for the scraps. TV news sux.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:30 AM
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:30 AM
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One of the best decisions I ever made. :-)
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:30 AM
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First I gave up npr in 02, then this year I've given up all cable news. I find much better sources on the net.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:31 AM
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For good reason.
Know thine enemy.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:32 AM
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13. My name is Harry, and I'm a cable news addict |
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I've been clean for 2 years.
I used to watch everyday for hours. I'd watch while cooking, while eating, and while browsing the web. I was shameless.
Then I discovered Democracy Now, and made the long trip out of that cable news propaganda nightmare world, one day at a time.
Now where's the coffee?
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:32 AM
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I haven't watched since election night and really I feel a million times better. I get all that I need here.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:33 AM
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Since Bush was first annointed I have happily been without cable, period. Rabbit ears with very little TV at all, although I do try to catch American Dream on Sunday night. Great family viewing with real actors (yeah, I know, what a novel idea).
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:34 AM
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18. 2 years 2 months. The last few months of cable news I would get up... |
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...in the morning and say to myself before turning on to CNN, "and now for my daily dose of lies." Then I realized that not only did I not have to turn it on, I didn't even have to pay for it if I didn't want to.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:35 AM
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19. We break out the TV for |
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the World Series and the Superbowl. Otherwise, it's on a top shelf in the hall closet.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:36 AM
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20. Haven't had cable in years. |
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Stopped watching all broadcast news on Nov. 3. Feeling much better now.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:37 AM
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21. Cable free since July |
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All channels blocked. Don't even see their mugs while surfing. Just an empty screen.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:37 AM
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22. Just Keith Olberman... |
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Everyone else gives me violent thoughts...sadly, even Chris Matthews has sold out.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:35 PM
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I also check out C-Span and C-Span 2.
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:14 PM
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Countdown is the only newscast that I watch anymore and not even that this week since Keith is on vacation. It's liberating.
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Wed Nov-17-04 02:47 PM
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71. You can read his blog |
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Wed Nov-17-04 02:28 PM
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69. Keith's the only cable news I watch |
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I get my real news from TDS :P
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:38 AM
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since the election.
I haven't even been able to watch the "fake" news with Jon Stewart. I don't think I can get myself to laugh at the current siruation just yet.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:16 PM
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no cable TV news/political shows for me since the election. And you are so right about Jon Stewart....I love that guy but I am in no mood to laugh anymore, especially about the news today.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:38 AM
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cancelled standard cable three tears ago, cancelled basic Nov. 3!
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:39 AM
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25. I'm almost television free now.. |
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Other than C-Span on occasion.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:40 AM
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Since Black Tuesday. My parents have stopped watching and they were cable news junkies.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:40 AM
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27. I called time warner to cancel and go to basic service and |
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they were supposed to come between 7:30 and 10:00 to pick up my digital boxes. I took the morning off to wait and of course they did not show up! Boy was I pissed. I called and told them to make sure they notated my account that effective that day I was only paying for basic service.
When I originally called to cancel my service they tried to talk me into keeping it by offering me a special price. I said No, it isnt' the price, it's the media I'm boycotting. The CSR did not know how to respond.
I'm sure gonna miss The Daily Show.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:44 AM
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28. If you don't count The Daily Show... |
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... or occasional C-SPAN viewing, then I've been cable news free for the past 4 years or so.
It's pure garbage. I have much better things to do with my time than watch a RW harpy and a milquetoast Democratic centrist beating each other over the head.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:44 AM
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29. Almost 1 year now...got rid of cable, and pretty much don't watch TV |
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The last time I had on the TV was election day, and before that was the conventions.
Good Riddance, I don't miss that garbage.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:46 AM
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never had cable, never will.
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:46 AM
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31. I am. It's so nice not to see their smirking, lying faces. |
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:49 AM
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32. Never had it. My recent liberation was cancelling the NYT after that |
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wretched, condescending, intellectually bankrupt story on vote fraud "rumors".
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:50 AM
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33. I stopped watching that shit years ago |
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Wed Nov-17-04 11:51 AM
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34. Never had it, never will. n/t |
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:00 PM
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35. I never bothered with cable |
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and have only been exposed to the drivel during visits to my father in Florida.
I'm now network news free for 2 weeks, and yes, that includes the BBC World broadcasts on PBS. That frosty blonde traveling with Bush and gushing all over him every night before the election did it for me.
I don't kid myself that it's useful to know what trash the morons in this country are asked to digest every night on the news. It's right wing, corporatist poison, and I don't need it in my life.
I'll get my news online, thanks. That includes the weather forecast.
The Simpsons comes on opposite the news here, and I find them much more informative than the drool coming out of the blow dried bobbleheads on the television.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:02 PM
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:03 PM
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37. You can get the most important news |
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Right here on this board.
I'm free for over a year now but I still watch the Daily Show.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:05 PM
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38. I haven't watched any news since the election. |
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:08 PM
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40. I haven't watched cable news |
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OR national news for over six months. I gave up on political talk shows about a year ago. I can't stand the republicans and their White House talking point of the day OR the democrats who don't seem to be as informed as I am on the issues.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:10 PM
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:11 PM
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42. I used to watch a little in order to know the enemy |
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But stopped watching after the alleged election.
The surprise is how much better I feel. Political junkies (recovering) think they can't get by without it, but try it. You might be surprised. I get all the news I need from the internet.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:13 PM
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43. I've been off of all Cable and Big 3 news for several years |
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Soon after 9/11. I still sometimes catch the News Hour or BBC World News on PBS, but that's it. We don't even have cable.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:13 PM
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44. screaming-heads-news-free, here |
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Would cancel cable altogether, but wife wants HBO, "reality" shows, etc. (She pays the cable bill, too)
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:14 PM
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How else am I gonna get to cheer on Olbermann, get pissed at O'Reilly, and flip-flop on Tweety?
I need to get the story from all angles, not just the watered down local news.
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:14 PM
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and my blood pressure is now 124/83
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:19 PM
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49. Me. Cancelled cable months ago (nt) |
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:26 PM
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50. I fell off the wagon for less than a minute.... |
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It was completely unintentional! I was just flipping channels and landed on MSRNC for a nano-second. Just in time to hear that idiot bushbot announcer narrating over Yasser Arafat's funeral video and say "It looks like the end of a rock concert"... :puke:
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:27 PM
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all i can stomach anymore is Keith Olbermann.
the rest is BULLSHIT, 1984 style
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:28 PM
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52. I watch DISH news very rarely. However, I sitll subscribe so my kids |
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can watch the shows they enjoy. (Ok. I admit it, I like Tom n Jerry too!)
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:37 PM
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54. right here...no cabal news since nov 3rd! |
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Wed Nov-17-04 12:38 PM
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55. my name is Bebe and i've been cable news free since the end of spring. |
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totally with you on the news boycott. it is UNHEALTHY!
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:10 PM
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58. Cancelled my Cable service and sold my TV a month ago. |
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FEELS GREAT!!! I listen to NPR (a little), get my news from the WWW, and spend more time reading.
I will also have more time for activism now!!
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:15 PM
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60. I gave up cable news 4 years ago |
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and haven't missed it a bit.
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:15 PM
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61. I only watch Keith Olbermann |
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:16 PM
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62. Total cable news free since |
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April 2003-- the day saddams statue was pulled down. that was it for me, and i have not missed it one moment. turn that shit off! tib
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:31 PM
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The Bill-Monica crap put me over the edge...as was the total lack of interesting content on the other cable channels. I caught some cable in a hotel room last weekend, and had to pick my jaw up off the floor...absolute crap spewed by some of the wierdest looking people I have ever seen...and that was on the Weather Channel.
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Wed Nov-17-04 01:53 PM
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64. No cable news since Dec 2000, no network since 96 |
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The theft of 2000 did it for me for cable. I looked briefly around 9/11/01. But as it became a Bush love fest afterwards I couldn't stomach it. I left the networks during Clinton's 2nd term as they chased every rumour and lie about him. I can sometimes stomach the NYT and the WSJ for general news but prefer the Guardian, the Financial Times, Le Monde, and the Economist now.
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Wed Nov-17-04 02:00 PM
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65. I shut off the TV in '87 eom |
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Wed Nov-17-04 02:08 PM
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67. I am- have been since two years ago. nt |
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Wed Nov-17-04 02:19 PM
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68. Congratulations. If you pay for cable, you're PART OF THE PROBLEM. |
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you might as well donate to the RNC. Congratulations on your 15 day anniversary
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Wed Nov-17-04 02:43 PM
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70. guess I should shut off all utilities, sell the car, weave my own clothes |
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lest i am donating to the rnc.
uhhhhh, self-rightousness called...
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Wed Nov-17-04 02:50 PM
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72. almost 3 years with no TV... |
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and I could not be happier. I only watch movies on DVD. Life is much more pleasant. Nothing could make me go back to watching that brainless drivel on TV.
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Wed Nov-17-04 03:01 PM
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73. Cable free! Canceled it last Friday. I read in the paper today |
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I see where Comcast is asking for another rate increase. :eyes:
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Wed Nov-17-04 03:01 PM
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74. i wish you could choose the channels rather than packages |
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