Cable news free....starting NOW

[Dob Bole]

I will not watch cable news again. I will not use the CNN website. After all the whoring that has gone on, I quit.

Who's with me? Join my revolution! (even though I copied it from other people!)

[eternalburn]

1. Turned them off this morning....

....never to be seen in this house again.

[mike_c]

2. good for you!

I severed the TeeVee cable 15 years ago and have not missed it ONE DAY.

[still_one]

3. boycott cnn, msnbc, and fox at the very least

get your news from internet, newspapers

I am hoping that the liberal network that was going to be started by Gore is a reality

[Blue_Roses]

4. I am--haven't watched them all day

let's watch their ratings drop.:mad:

[seraph]

5. I shut that shit off today. And it stays that way. (nt)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. I'll join

I haven't been able to stomach watching any news today. Maybe I can maintain it if I take baby steps. Will also remove CNN.com and MSNBC.com from my bookmarks. Good idea!

[RoyGBiv]

7. Been with you for months ...

I turned them off after the Condi hearings.

I slipped briefly last night because, quite frankly, their website had the numbers presented in a better format, i.e. county breakdowns. But, that was it. I even made sure to purge my browser history and any lurking cookies today.

[Meshuga]

8. I will join your revolution!

And I will not going to DU their polls anymore either.

[The Great Escape]

9. The Candy Crowley Says This...Tweety Says That Threads Need To Go....

wait...I guess, if I see that I just need to not open them. I quit watching Cable news after the Dem Convention, but I guess the threads are to much like a train wreck and I have to look. Seriously, I do wish that Dems would just quit going on the shows at all. They are mere dog and pony shows.

[taxismom]

17. Funny

How great minds think alike. I made this pledge this morning to my Yahoo Peace Group. From now on its LinkTV, Amy Goodman, Lectures on UCTV, BBC America, the local low power fm station KPFZ, indymedia.org, AirAmerica.
Actually there's quite a bit there when you look at it.

[melissaf]

20. Speaking of Tweety

I hear he's "pissed off" about how Bush won the election, after lying to the American people about the war, yadda yadda yadda. What do you want to bet he's doing this to retain us lefty viewers?

This man is totally driven by profits. He's beyond repulsive.

[The Great Escape]

25. The Only Thing I Regret Is Missing Keith Olberman...

but I just refuse to watch MSNBC. I miss seeing Ron Reagan as well (that seems like and odd thing for me to say :) I guess I'm holding out for Air America television. Maybe Keith and Ron will be the stars.

[City Lights]

10. I'm with you. Started last night.

I will make an exception for Jon Stewart. I'm finished with online polls too. Voting in them is a waste of time.

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. I haven't turned on the TV all day

not that I was watching much in the last few years anyway. But has of today I am avoiding all TV News and Talking Airheads. I do not want to listen to their crap anymore.

[Emops]

12. I stopped watching cable news in 2000.

Except in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

[Dob Bole]

13. 'BUSH CAMPAIGN CONFIDENT OF WIN'...while votes were still being counted

Bullshit.

[kerry2win]

14. TV off since 8pm last night

Don't see any reason to turn it on again until the smoke has cleared ..maybe next week. Just can't bear to watch anything that's even remotely connected to pugs.

[Carolab]

15. Been off them for a while

Can't stand them

[MO_Dem]

16. I have to quit

Watching them is revolting. Until I get new speaker wires and can crank up the stereo, it feels really strange sitting here with the hum of the computer being the only sound in the room.

[melissaf]

18. I emailed

CNN and MSNBC that I was boycotting their stations some time early this afternoon. I think for a while there, after the 2002 election, I did my best not to look at anything related to CNN. Then this year hit, and I got sucked in.

No more.

[Dob Bole]

19. POST ALTERNATIVE NEWS SOURCES HERE...

BBC news is good, News Hour with Jim Lehrer (What time does it come on?)
Daily show, Yahoo News...

What are some good online alternative news sources? (Not just analysis, but news...)

[taxismom]

21. Democracy Now

Amy Goodman

[Dob Bole]

29. Thanks...bookmarked.

[sangh0]

22. Gay to wo, Dob!

.

[jrthin]

23. I had my full yesterday. n/t

[The empressof all]

24. I too have not watched all day.

I was home sick--(flu as well as election misery) I usually have one of the news channels on for company. Today, I spent the day with the food channel. Much better for my soul but it's gonna kill the waist line.

[romwriter]

26. cable? never had it

my kids thought they were the most deprived kids in the world, but i just object to the idea of paying for television. I'm sorry i've never seen the daily show, but i have watched the sopranos, sex and the city, the shield all checked out for free from public library where I work. I do spend a lot of time online reading about what is said on thsoe right wing cable shows, but luckily i've never seen them.

[loupe-garou]

27. I was addicted to Cable news

but I don't have any urge to watch any of it. The idea is repulsive. I couldn't watch Kerry speaking.

I am interested in any ideas about how to punish the media for their ill treatment of us and pur candidate and for their mediocre contribution to the world. We need Greg Palast, not Mr Tweety......Sigh.............

[Magleetis]

28. I'm The Slime

by Zappa says it all for me. Fuck TV.

[deadparrot]

30. I've stopped, too.

Except for Olbermann, I'm finished.

[Dob Bole]

31. What's Olbermann?

I've never watched that...when does it come on?

I have no problem watching liberal TV shows...but I'm not getting my news from MSNBC.

[The Great Escape]

32. 8 PM On MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

[Dob Bole]

39. Thanks

nt

[SW FL Dem]

33. I used to watch CNN from the time I got up until I went to bed

Haven't watched a minute of CNN today. I don't know if I will ever turn it back on. Who needs CNN when you have DU.

[catzies]

34. I boycott all of it except Jon Stewart. All of it.

I hate the media.

[PotatoBoy]

35. I get 98% of my news from NPR..

not sure if they're biased at all though.

[neverforget]

36. Canceling cable on Friday. Fuck'em

[ObaMania]

37. Rather than cancel cable...

.. divide your monthly bill by all the non-premium channels, take the equivalent of 24/7 news outlets, add it up and omit it from your payment. Insert a note that you will continue the service but will not pay for * whore media. I know that depending on how many channels you have this may not be much, but it is enough to send a message.

If they call you or bill you for a few month's pittance, simply cancel the service. I did this with cable in '00 and felt pretty good about it.

[PoiBoy]

38. Some more links for you...

http://www.buzzflash.com/

http://mediamatters.org/

http://www.truthout.org/

http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

I hope you find them useful... :hi:

[Kahuna]

40. That's right. Starve the beast.

:thumbsup:

[batchdem04]

41. been without cable news for years now