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redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 07:14 PM Jun 2019

I am cutting way back on my cable news addiction

Lately it’s like Ground Hog Day-panels of Republicans giving Democrats their advice. How long do you think it will take these never Trumpers to snap back in Republican line once we defeat Trump? I don’t trust any of them.

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UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
4. Well I love the cable news. And I'm able to watch it at work as well. I am getting my money's
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 07:36 PM
Jun 2019

worth out of unlimited data.

doc03

(35,325 posts)
5. I am so sick of endless Will he fire Mueller. Now
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 07:43 PM
Jun 2019

Will they impeach? I check for a few minutes and turn it off

hunter

(38,310 posts)
6. My wife and I quit traditional television more than ten years ago.
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 07:46 PM
Jun 2019

Our television plays DVDs and Netflix. That's all it does.

No cable, no satellite, no broadcast.

Best of all, no commercials!

I think television news is especially worthless.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
7. it's a hard habit to break...
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 07:47 PM
Jun 2019

but you really don't miss a thing. All the arguments made on the tube, are made elsewhere. I'm thinking I need to quit all of it... after reading the Mueller report, my eyes won't stop seeing bullsh*t.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
8. When it's too much for me, I switch to YouTube
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 08:09 PM
Jun 2019

Magically, it knows what I want to watch, so I'm entertained all night. This may sound creepy, it's been feeding me Hollywood Graveyard episodes. They're actually well-made (for a YT series) and interesting.

PSPS

(13,591 posts)
10. It's like a porn addiction, and these cable shows are just "outrage porn."
Thu Jun 6, 2019, 08:38 PM
Jun 2019

Just unplug from the outrage industry. The cable talk/opinion shows are designed just to incite division and, thus, outrage. Do something worthwhile with your time and life.

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